DETECTIVE FIRED AT IN AUCKLAND.
MAN IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 11. A sensational affair took place about midday to-day in a house in Great South Road, Ellerslie. Detective Nalder and Acting-Detec-tive Power had occasion to interview a man named Athol George Beamish White. It is understood that when both officers went into the room. White picked up a gun and shot at Power, the buffet narrowly missing him. Detective Nalder immediately seized White, and took him to the City Police Station, where he was charged with attempting to murder Omie Snow Wilson Power. White, who is twenty-five years of age, appeared before Air J. Al. Poynton, S.AI., at the Police Court this afternoon. Chief-Detective Cummings asked for a remand until to-morrow, which was granted. White then said, “T thought he was trying to put me back in the Asylum. That's why I tried to murder him. That’s as good as murdering me, to put me back in the Asylum.” The Magistrate asked accused to repeat this statement, and advised the Clerk of the Court and the Chief Detective to take a note of what White said. White did so. and all that he said was transferred to paper.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18182, 15 June 1927, Page 5
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