Cave-Man Grundy

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 548, 28 December 1928, Page 1

Cave-Man Grundy

“TOO SINCERE A LOVER”

Romance and a Revolver

JAMES ALFRED ESSEX GRUNDY, Auckland’s gogetting cave-man, has found that demanding his sweetheart back at the point of a revolver is a pastime frowned upon by society. From to-day he will lead a lonely life separated from the girl of his dreams.

(IRL'NDY, a labourer, said to be a * South African, who was remanded from last Monday, appeared at the Police Court this morning to answer charges of assault, and procuring possession of a revolver without having the necessary licence. He was represented by Mr. Hall Skelton, and pleaded guilty to the charge of having the revolver, but »ot guilty to the charge of assaulting the girl. Constable Boag said that on December 22 he was called by Grundy’s father, and found Grundy on the footpath. He caught and threw him, taking a revolver and four live cartridges from him. Grundy said he intended to "do himself in,” and admitted being in the house looking for the girl, Mr. Hall Skelton: That is all admitted. The Rev. Albert Victor Whiting, Congregational minister, New Lynn, said the girl in the case was staying nt his place, at his wife’s Invitation, on the Friday witness was in the church. Grundy came in, and followed him into the schoolroom, locked the door, and wanted *° fight. Grundy said witness was very unf>.r, and had been trying f o part him trom ljl s P'fl since last koptember. Witness had then suggested that Grundy should write to the girl at the house. He had told tll e girl to see Grundv and end the affair. The girl had met Grundy on the Saturday, and was very upset, and fitness was told that Grundy had been to the house again with a revolver. Grundy’s father agreed that the two must be parted. The whole thing was caused because the girl wanted to break it oIT. "He can mould her to his will just as he wishes,” concluded witness. Grundy: Well, f will go to Melbourne. That will prove 1 have finished it. The girl concerned collapsed in the court, and could give no evidence. Sub-Inspector McCarthy: All she can

say is that Grundy said he would end it with a revolver. She ran upstairs. Mr. Hall Skelton: He is too sincere a lover. They are both highly neuro* tic, and in their own interests they should be separated. Grundy should be under the care of some reputable person, and there would be no more trouble. The revolver has been handed to the police, and this is a lesson for life for Grundy. Sub-Inspector McCarthy: I suggest that any penalty inflicted should stand down until we see how he behaves. Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., convicted Grundy on both charges, and ordered him to come up for sentence when called upon, on condition that he leaves Auckland to-night.