CONSTABLE AND CIVILIAN.
SCUFFLE AT TE AROHA. AGGRESSIVE "GAS" VICTIM. POLICEMAN'S LEG BROKEN. By Telegraph.—Special to Times. TE AROHA, Monday. For some time a young man named McNeil, and supposed to be a "gas" case," has been living an allegedly idle life. •It was his custom to walk around the streets for most of the day, and ho was well known for wearing an almost continuous smile, which he bestowed on all and sundry, and apparently in a most unconcerned man. ner. To-day Constable W. Monson approached him and enquired of him as to his method o£ eking out an existence. NcNeil at once assumed a offensive altitude and attacked the constable, with the result that Monson received a broken leg and was conveyed to his home. Constable Daly, the second constable at Te Aroha, is confined to hi 9 bed suffering an attack of influenza. Constable McClinchy arrived from Paeroa very promptly and approached McNeil in the street, and invited him to accompany him, but McNeil immediately struck the constable a heavy blow on his jaw which staggered him, but he retained his hold. At this stage a' constable caught McNeil by the legs and he was thrown and handcuffed and lodged in the lockup. McNeil is drawing a pension for war services. Mr Moason is suffering from a severe fracture close to an ankle joint. ' ••
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15294, 24 July 1923, Page 5
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