A WELLINGTON SENSATION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2284, 19 November 1889, Page 2

A WELLINGTON SENSATION.

Tho N.Z. «' Times" of the 15. h Inst wrhes :— -A .cone of soma exoltemant ooaor:adon tho Queen's Wha.f yesterday ifternoon. A yoang man named Robert Maoksy, fop some yeirs In the employ of tha Bank of New ZjaUnd at Timaru md Ashbnrton, has lately returned from a visit; to Australia, wbera ho had be^n fos his health. During the p»Bt few day he had beon subject to soma groat mental worry, whioh thraw hhn iato an exalted aUfe, He premeditated a vlelt to Sootland, and purpjßsd proceeding by tho R M.S. Taliinl. He wont to the wharf aad ougaged a boatman to take him off to that vessel, but bis frlenda Informed the bontman that tboy did not \hlnk hfm In a fit b ato to be put aboard owing to bis mental exoitemmt. The boat was moored to the wharf, and Maokay finding that he oould not bo taken oil, jumped into the wat« with tbo object of swimming to tbe Tainul. One of his friends called the assistance of Constable Moore, who took a b'.-jat and went m chase of Maokay, who getting rathor excited at bis oapture, turned restive, aad gave hi. captor come ttouble ia poceuadlng him to return, He was taken to the Police Station. Maokay Ib a noted athlete, snd one of tba best swimmers In the Colony, so that there was very little dange.7 attaohed to | his esoapade. He is au abstainer and a non-smoker. Tha statement that he attempted to commit suicide is lnootrect. Maoksy has since bean medically examined by Dra Oole and Franca. Roth dootors having pronouucod him to be of unsound mind, he waa committed to the 1 Mouot View Asylum by Mr Robinson, i R.M,