A BRUTAL CRIME
, WOMAN KILLED WITH AN AXE HUSBAND ARRESTED - . i \ . (By' Tclcsranli.—Press Association.), ' <- v VYhangarei, July 21. Mary -Hammon, tho middle-aged wife of Daniel Hammon, proprietors of tlio Huiinai • boardinglioiise, was found in '. the kitchen, before 6 o'clock this morning with the blade of ,a small axe buriMLto the haft in tlie kft side of her skull.. Her screams brought the boarders on the scene, but the woman was then uii- ' conscious, : and there was no sign of : tho • husband. -The. doctors withdrew tlie blade, and removed tho victiin'tV the hospital. ' , . The. woman has since succumbed to her iujuries. - " The husband was'subsequently found' ; hiding among ' timber ' stacks on tho wharf, and arrested. Tho couijlo had three boys and on© girl, tho eldest aged 14. . Hammon subsequently appeared at • the Police Court and was charged with attempted murder. He was remanded to July 29. -
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2208, 22 July 1914, Page 7
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144A BRUTAL CRIME Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2208, 22 July 1914, Page 7
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