ROBBERY IN AUCKLAND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144146, 16 July 1913, Page 4

ROBBERY IN AUCKLAND.

MAN SEVERELY ASSAULTED. PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, July 15 Something of a sensation was caused at the corner of Pitt street and Karangahape road about IX o’clock this morning, when cries for “help” came from ■ a man as ho rushed out of a boarding house. The man was in a state of great excitement, and bis face was smothered in blod. He declared that ho had been robbed of £IOO by two men, and indicated tho direction in which tho men had decamped. The police were immediately comm unicatod with, and to Detective Hallis he subsequently told his story. His name, he said, was John King, and he had recently come from Wellington. At the boarding house he had made'the acquaintance of two men and yesterday when a remittance of £IOO readied: him from Wellington, these men were aware of the fact. During tho day they obtained a small loan from him. This morning they again approached him for a further advance, which he declined, whereupon they assaulted him. He was violently attacked by tho two men who almost boat him to insensibility, and then robbed him of his money. King; was attended to by Dr. Coldicutt, who, after dressing several wounds about his face, ordered his removal to the hospital. The police have the matter iu hand.