VICIOUS ATTACK

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 18, 16 January 1929, Page 5

VICIOUS ATTACK

SENSATION AT WAIHI. WOMAN CRUELLY BEATEN. HUSBAND RESISTS ARREST. (Special to Post). ,WAIHI, This Day. At H-J3O this morning (Mrs. jVda Allison, aged 41, residing "with her family at Silver ton Road, was brutally assaulted. It is alleged' that was attacked By her Buisband 1 , RaOjph Allison, 'receipt of the miners’ pension. Mrs. Alliscm, who was rescued by neighbours, was admitted to the hospital suffering from serious wounds in the head. Allison was arrested by the police after a desperate struggle, and placed {n al padded* cell at th(b police station. The Allisons, who have a large!; family, occupy separate rooms. Mrs Allison /has a front 'bedroom, andl Allison a bedroom in the hack portion of the house. At the time of the (assault Mrs. Allison had : thd twd~yonnger children in her bed, whilst soother cliTTd occupied ~a — Wc. ond bed in the same' room. It is considered that the parents had been engaged in some quarrel or argument prior to the assauTt, fhonugh no information is available in that respect. It is alleged, hpwever, that Allison rushed) from, his

room, picking up a metal teapot on ilia way, and attacked his wife with maniacal fury, dragging her from her bed and striking her with the teapot. The unfortunate woman, however, managed to escape, from the room through # a door leading on toi'rthe verandah, and from thence to the Side of the house. ESCAPE CUT OFF. In the meantime it is alleged, Allison got" through the bedroom window and out off his wife’s means of escape, overtaking her at the side of the dwelling, whpre, it is said, shd was compelled to meet the full force of a maniacal assault. Here the assailant secured some heavy pieces of road metal, which he used to batter the woman’s head.

Breeding profusely, and! with her face and head streaming with blood, and being in an almost unconscious condition, "the unfortunate woman was felled.io the ground, and had it not been for timely interference of a neighbour namecT Goodwin, fatal results might have __ The police wore immediately sum, moned, and Sergeant Caldwell, With two constables, proceeded to the scene of the assault.

Allison was found in an adjoining section. Ho desperately resisted arrest, but was thrown to the ground, handcuffed,'’and taken to the cells. About'?! year ago Allison wandered from Buis home, and was found on the roadside in an ion. It is alleged Chat his real name is Olsen, and that he suffers from religious' mania, Mrs. Allison’s condition is reported to he serious. She is suffering badly from /shock. Her head injuries are severe, and loss of blood has been considerable.