Attempted Murder.
Per Press Association.
. Wellington, Dec. 13. An attempted murder took place at Carterton last night. r A man named Alexander Anderson* formerly cook for Garry the : road contractor, bad beea drinking all day with -his wife, and while going along Mastertpa Koad about 7. •15 p m : >he struck her and stabbed her j m the neck m two placeg. I)r: Smith attended the woman. The* wound is not necessarily fatal, bat' is of a serious character. A man named Edwards, 'a fa rmer, saw the : deedi but • : w^g; too frightened to interfere. The woman has been removed to the Grreytb^n Hospital. Anderson went home and cold everything. He then took his son and cleared, but was cleverly arrested by Constable Darby 2 :a.in, The' 'officer I ' vent' in a tjap,^ud tracked the fooiinarks • j-boat lien miles to i/jßay's IJotel, where the man was airesfed: !|^e man is yery impudentiv Snd denies all knowledge of the aflair. A constabW' ha« been sent to i Grey to wn to get thewoman^epositidn;^>f « v-w *■
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Manawatu Times, Volume IX, Issue 1125, 14 December 1883, Page 2
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173Attempted Murder. Manawatu Times, Volume IX, Issue 1125, 14 December 1883, Page 2
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