SEIZED AS MENTAL SUSPECT
NEW ZEALANDERS UNENVIABLE EXPERIENCE. AMBULANCE MENS GRAVE BLUNDER. United Press Association—By Electric ■•eleßraph—Copyright (Received December 8, 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, December 8. “The Daily Mail” relates the extraordinary story of how a New Zealander, Mrs Stanley Broad, living in West London was by mistake conveyed to a public institution as a mental suspect. Mrs Broad was sitting in her home alone, when, according to her own statements, she was seized by two ambulance men, and forcibly taken to the institution where she was undressed and put to bed. Mrs Broad's protests were unheeded until a doctor examined a visiting card in her handbag and discovered that the ambulance had been sent to the wrong address. “I told the men,” said Mrs Broad, “I was not the woman they asked for. Nevertheless I was taken in the ambulance, without hat or coat. I struggled to get away, and called for assistance. I was released immediately the mistake was discovered and received an apology, but I don’t accept it. The matter is now in the hands of my solicitor.” “The Sketch” says that the ambulance men have been suspended, pending a full official inquiry.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19668, 9 December 1933, Page 17
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195SEIZED AS MENTAL SUSPECT Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19668, 9 December 1933, Page 17
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