A SHOCKING OUTRAGE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12752, 24 April 1909, Page 5

A SHOCKING OUTRAGE.

Young Lady Robbed and Oruelly A»saultea on a steamer.

(Per Doited Tiese Association).

WELLINGTON, April 23.

A shocking outrage took place about 2.30 this atternoon aboard the steamer Moeraki, which arrived this morning Irom the South, en route foe Sydney. Miss Orr, of Oamaru, who intended proceeding with some friends to Sydney, having come from Lyttelton by the Moeraki, was reclining in her cabin when a strange man suddenly entered, shut the door, and quickly grasped Miss Orr by the throat, using considerable violence and demanded her purso. The terrified woman handed over her purse, containing between £4 and J65. The man then forced her back on a settee and severely punched her face till she became almost insensible. Then the brutal robber succeeded in making his escape, and no trace of him has yet been found. The police and detectives were summoned, and are busily investigating the circumstances and making search. Under medical instructions, Miss Orr had to abandon making the voyage to Sydney, it being advisable that she should stay in Wellington for the present. She will probably return to Oamaru as soon as well enough. Medical examination shows that Miss Orr's throat is severely lacerated, her face is horribly swollen, and she is suffering very much from shock.