MYSTERIOUS ASSAULT
INSPECTOR IN HOSPITAL SEARCH FOR ASSAILANT (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Mystery surrounds an assault on a traffic inspector, Mr. A. Cook, in Willis street last evening by. an., unidentified stranger. . .. .... ~- . Mr. Cook now lies in Wellington Hospital suffering from concussion and a lacerated seal]), and the police are searching for his assailant. ■'•'' i ' ' Mr. Cook was painting white lines oil the street when a passing car knocked over a lamp he had placed on the ground nearby. He .approached the driver of the car and while they were talking a bystander interfered. Passers-by were amazed to see,the man suddenly strike Mr. Cook a heavy blow on the jaw and then make off.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19128, 24 September 1936, Page 5
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