VIOLENT MANIA

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12753, 28 March 1910, Page 2

VIOLENT MANIA

[United Press Association.] Auckland, March 26. On Wednesday night the master of the scow Winnie, lying at Tryphena, Great Barrier, developed a violent form, of mania. It is stated that without provocation he ferociously attacked the mate, who in self defence was forced to handle his assailant very roughly with his fists. The master of .tne scow was placed on the steamer Waitangi, bound for Auckland, but off Cape Colville he jumped overboard. A boat was lowered smartly, and as the man swam strongly in the wake of the steamer he was picked up and got aboard smartly. . On arrival of the Waitangi i.n town the man was brought before the Court and remanded to the Mental .Hospital for observation till Wednesday. Wellington, March 27. The police have no tidings of the escaped prisoner, Powelka.