WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED

Chronicle (Levin), 14 October 1946, Page 4

WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED

—Press Associaupn

, SHOT BY NIGHT CALLER FORMER HUSBAND ARRESTEP

By Telegraph-

DANNEVIKKiii, UGp. Nlrs. Kathlecn Luey Christiansen was admiuted co hospital on Saturday night in a serious condition wiuh a builet wound in the chest. It is stated that a man called atthe woman's residence about 9.15 on Saturday evening and asked to ■ see Mrs, Chriotionsen when her husband answered the door. Mrs. Christiansen w ent to the dopr when, it is alteged, tiiG xnaii pregentGd a rifle anchthe woman reeeived a shot In the chest. , , An arrest was later mahe py the police It is stated that after the shot had been flreq t.he man entered the house and locxed himself m* A party of police, cpnsisfing of Sergeant McGettigen and three constables, of Dannevirke, arnifid with rifles, surrounded the hoqse for about two. hours until after midnight, when the me-P §4ve seif up. Sergeant McGettigen had mahe several attempts to • persuade the man to give himself up before he eonsented to do so, Sepior Detective D. McKenzie and Cpnstable E. Rippin, of Napier, came from Napier to investigate. Atfempted Murder Charge Cyril Waiter Goodman, 33, track- . layer, appeared before Mr. J. Miller, S.M., in the Napier Court this morning, charged with the attempted murder of Kathlegn Lucy Christiansen, at Dannevirke, on October 12. He was remanded to appear at Napier on October 21. The police stated that accused was arrested early on Sunday morning after his former wife had been admitted to the Dannevirke Public Hospital in a serious condition, resulting from a rifle wound. "The preliminary hearing is entirely dependent on the injured woman's progress," Detective-Spr-geant McKenzie informed the Magistrate.