An Australian Decoyad

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1471, 1 November 1905, Page 3

An Australian Decoyad

AttempteU Murder antl owy

I San Fbanoisoo, October 12, A weird affair, involving three person ;whq arrived recently from Australia, was enacted yesterday at Berkeley, opposite tlan Francisco, on the.bay shore, William Charles Ellis, an -Australian horseman, was decoyed into a cottage in Ellsworthstreet and eiivagoly, assaulted, evidently with intent;to murder bim'-and rob him of a £I,OOO. Ellis, with'a'gaping wound in the back; of his head, escaped from the house, and;ls being; dared for 'in tho hospital, where an operation hits been .auobessfnlly- performed oh. l\is' injured head, He makes serious' allegations against 'the men and woman with whom he travelled from Australia;