A MANIAC AT LARGE.
A scene was recently witnessed in Bathurst, N.S-W., which created some sensation and considerable alarm. A , shoemaker, named Akerman, who was evidently mad, entered the shop of a saddler named Mansell, and demanded a bed. Upon being told there was none for him he became furious, and took up bottles, tools, forms, and whatever else he could lay his hands on and dashed them through the plate glass windows. He then smashed a show case, and having i seized a knife, defied all efforts to put him out. The police were sent for, but he overcame two policemen, and another man who sought to lay hold of him, and when the; endeavored to take 'stripped himself naked, and his passion was something frightful to witness. He was ultimately overpowered and lodged in gaol, but not before he had wrecked the shop of -the saddler.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3157, 16 May 1883, Page 3
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148A MANIAC AT LARGE. South Canterbury Times, Issue 3157, 16 May 1883, Page 3
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