SERIOUS INJURIES
MAN AND HOUSEKEEPER. ALLEGED ATTACK WITH TOMAHAWK. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, October 6. George MacFarlane, aged 80, and Miss Emily Chappell, about 45, were admitted to the Auckland Hospital this morning seriously injured. MacFarlane, who is a bachelor, lives at Mount Albert, and he recently suffered an attack of rheumatic fever. He has been under the care of a trained nurse day and. night for over a fortnight. This morning when the day nurse was conferring with the night nurse in another room, they heard screams and they rushed in and it is alleged they found MacFarlane attacking the housekeeper with a tomahawk. One nurse wrested it from him and with the assistance of a neighbour pusbed MacFarlane into another room. The neighbour then went out to telephone the doctor and on returning found MacFarlane with his throat cut. It is believed he had meanwhile secured a razor from the bathroom. Both were then taken to hospital and their condition is grave. MacFarlane has been in Auckland for nine years. It is understood he was formerly a native interpreter at Greytown. INJURIES PROVE FATAL. DEATH OF MISS CHAPPELL. Auckland, October 6. Miss Emily Chappell received terrible head injuries and died in hospital this evening. The condition of MacFarlane to-night is grave. Miss Chappell was aged 44. Her parents live at Grey Lynn ana her mother is at present seriously ill. MacFarlane has lived in Mount Albert for about eight years. He is a son of an old Scottish settler who married the Maori princess Otchia at Kawma in the pioneering days. Formerly he was a large landholder and farmer hi the Wairarapa district and after his retirement, retained his farming interests there and in North Auckland. He is a keen gardener and frequently competed at exhibitions. He is also a keen student of politics and during his retirement wrote extensively on the subject. About a week ago he ordered Miss Chappell to burn all his writings and papers. He is unmarried.
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Southland Times, Issue 21831, 7 October 1932, Page 7
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