LONDON COURT EPISODE
PRISONER STABBED TN BACK
A SENSATIONAL SCENE.
(Per Press Association —Copyright)
LONDON, April 8.
There was a sensational scene in the South End police court. Edward Wilson, a Canadian ex-soldier had just been fined 40s for stealing a pair of boots and a razor belonging to William Salmon, with whom he was lodging when instantly Salmon rushed into the dock and exclaimed: “Ha, got you! - ' and stabbed Wilson in the back with a dagger. Women shrieked and Salmon reeled and fell. The police grabbed him and a few minutes later he appeared in the dock charged with attempted murder.
Maison was seriously injured.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 9 April 1927, Page 7
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