SAVAGE ATTACK.
GIRL HIT ON HEAD WITH IRON
SPANNER
(Per Press Association.)
1 AUCKLAND, this day. A girl named Gwendoline Leather, when returning home about 6 o'clock last night, was assaulted by a man who hit her on the head with an iron spanner. She fell and the assailant grasped her by the throat. She screamed, and the man snatched her hand bag and bolted. The girl has two scalp wounds, which required twelve stitches, and bears marks on the neck. The spanner is m possession of the police, but there is no further clue. \
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13393, 29 May 1914, Page 3
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