ASSAULTING AN EDITOR.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3819, 12 October 1883, Page 3

ASSAULTING AN EDITOR.

Auckland, This day

The assault case AVickham v. Harrison Avas called at the Police Court to-day and adjourned till to-morrow. The paragraph which occasioned the assault spoke of Mrs Dr. Potts as " This— Avhat on earth shall I call it ? Hybrid, perhaps, for it is certainly no man by its appearance, no woman by its modesty, and not even a thoroughbred cross by its The paragraph made other personal offensive comments. The accounts regarding the assault agree in the chief particulars. Mr Aspinall, the agent, furnished the folloAving account to tho Herald reporter: —Dr. Harrison, Mr Millett, and himself went to the Free Lance office. Mr Millett, Avho is employed at Haslett's chemist's shop, went with them to show them the place. Neither Aspinall nor Mr Millett had tho slightest notion when they went to the office that any row would take place. Dr. Harrison Avent into the office and asked Mr AVickham if the editor Avas in ? AVickham replied that he Avas the editor. Dr. Harrison said_ he came to speak to him for a minute. AVickham said "yes," and took us into his office. Dr Harrison then asked if he owned the paper called Figaro. He replied that he did. Something Avas then said about his rates of advertising. Dr Harrison asked for the name of the writer of the article in Figaro referring to Mrs Dr Potts, Avhich AVickham refused to give. Dr Harrison then told him to defend himself. At first he refused, but on the doctor removing his overcoat and hat AVickham started up and mado for the door. Dr Harrison then struck AVickham. The cut on Wickham's head was caused by his falling against a table in the scuffle. Neither Millett nor myself took any part in the affair, which was quite unexpected,— we do not knoAV why Aye should have been arrested by Mr Thomson.