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BRUTAL ASSAULT IN NORWAY STREET

TWO WOMEN SERIOUSLY INJURED

• At nn'airly liour yesterdav Mrs. Carnline Cooper 'and her sister, Miss Annie U Skjoth,. were brutally assaulted by ■« man. The two women r»si<ied in a wmise m Norway Street (off Aro Street), ant early in the morning Miss Skjoth heard screams coming fi'.pm her sister's room. She immediately rushed in to make investigations. She saw a roan belabouring her sister—who was in bi>d-;witli what looked liked, a .heavy st'clt or a .bar of iron. As soon as Miss Skiith entered the'room sh° was attacked."bv the intruder, who felled her with "a blow on tliSwTead, rendHng her temporarily unconscious. W r hen she recovered, her sister was still seremn'iis, and blows were lipinjj struck. fT!)*. man then made off. and Mj«s Skjoth managed to arouse the neighbours. who immediate!" communicated w'th the police and sent for a doctor. The latter ordered the immediate removal of t : hc victims to the hospital, their injuries being" eevero. Statements made by the women have caused the police to arrcstaman named .Tames Newberry, tvlio will <ipT)<?<\r in ill® Magistrate's Couvt.this mornin<r. Tlie Hospital authorities stated lah> lost night that Mrs. Cooper and Miss Skioth were both suffering from scalp wounds. Mrs. Gooper also had an arm injured. Neither woman was in « critical condition. / '

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 6

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BRUTAL ASSAULT IN NORWAY STREET Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 6

BRUTAL ASSAULT IN NORWAY STREET Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 6

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