SENSATION AT OHUTU.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 441, 25 February 1909, Page 5

SENSATION AT OHUTU.

ON THE VERGE OF A CLIFF. A DESPERATE STRUGGLE.- • (BT TELECUirS—rar.SS ; ASSOCiATIbN.J : Taihapo, February 24. -.' There was a sensation at Ohutu' last 'night, h It is .alleged that, two men-rGarlicky a labourer, agod-25, and Chatfieldj a inarried man—rode ;;to : Taihape yesterday. , : When rer .turning late in' the: afternoon; they.evidently quarrelled, and got- off' their horses. , ;Chatfiel'd was,-'it-is>alleged,.Ithrpwh over;.a:bank, and . had ho reached the': river" bis death- was certain, .but ,fprtuna,toly lie- landed .just on the .verge of, tho:ycliff.;-. -AVhon;, found ,subse-' quently ;ho Vwab m a. dazed condition.' ':. The other :man rode off, ; .leading .the' other 'horsed He made for Chatfield's: house,'where,= seizirig' a carving knife; it is alleged that lie threatened to "do" fonthe rest ,of _ the. .family.Fortunately, a man named Oliver was present, and after, a desperate; strugglo.secured the knife. ' ■"..■V/■ : -;'--

Garlick then, whipped out a jack-knife,-and ; renewed the- fray. - He was again - disarmed. .Then- Garlick . jumped into. a- ;dray,' arid, drove to his lodgings, where ho' secured a loaded gun and returned.:: He threatened, to.shoot anyone who'interfered, with hiih,'and' then tried to induce some of the spectators to go- with him and he.. wo'uld show where Chatfield was.... They.declined.-. He asked -for Mrs. Chatfield. and being: told, that; she' had gone, said; "1 11 go, too." ■. Then:.the; gun went' 'off,!' arid; Garlick fell out of 'the cart. It was found ho was wounded on' the left arm, chest,. and shoulder.;'',

; ■ The police'- a doctor were summoned, and the man's injuries attended to, and this morning he was conveyed to ' the Wariganui Hospital.