DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1343, 22 January 1912, Page 4

DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.

; POSTMISTRESS AND ASSAILANT. 1 J (By Teleerapli-Pre3a ' Association.) Kimbolton, .January 20. i A dastardly .outrage was Committed at - dm l'ost Offiec at Kiwi tea, twelve miles from I'eilding, at an early hour yesterday morning. About 1 o'clock, 3lrs. , Kwnahan, the postmistress, who was jj sleeping with her (laughter, It years old, was awakened by a. iniui who had opened ' a window. The man deimuHied the keys of the safe, when .Mrs. Kernahan ve- " fused. She screamed, and the little girl ran across tho road to arouse the neigli- " bours. In the meantime the man dragged Mrs. Kernahan through a window anil bnu ' tally assaulted lie.r with a heavy piece ; of wood or iron bar. By tjio time help ■' arrived the man . had completely disappeared. The woman was fmmii lying unconscious and bleeding. She was taken r to I'eilding, and a medical examination e showed an arm had been broken, apparently in shielding her head. Iler head j was.much bruised. Tho victim is now in a private hospital, and is seriously. Y though not dangerously, ill. Sergeant Bowden aaid Detcetive Quirke , quickly proceeded to Kiwitca, but though „ the whole district was scoured no trace of the man was found. One or two clues were followed up, but without result, r The affair was a shock to the district, as f the postmistress, who is a widow, is very popular.