COOL AND CHANGEABLE WEATHER.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 90, 18 April 1911, Page 8

COOL AND CHANGEABLE WEATHER.

For the twenty-four hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, cool and changeable weather has been experienced throughout the South Island, but, it has been cloudy and unsettled at times in the North, and rain has fallen in many parts. A low pressure area passing to the eastward caused heavy rain on Sunday and yesterday on the East Coast of tho Forth Island, and strong easterly winds northward of New Plymouth and Napier. To-day's forecast predicts south-easterly winds -for Wellington, and •the North Island generally, a probable falling barometer, and cool and changeable weather generally, with showers in parts. A cold night is probable generally, with fogs on the coast, and frost inland in the South.

The "unwritten law" was responsible for an extraordinary scene at the Chicago City Hall, save an American .paper, where one of the county officials was ehot by a young woman, who afterwards barricaded herself in the city-hall, and for some time defied the efforts of a strong force of police and officials to dielodge her. The young woman, who is of Danish extraction, and is named Anna Pearson, called to see one of the official photographers in the surveyors' department. Ihe photographer, a Mr. Smith, was engaged in his dark room, but he ordered the porter to bring the visitor up, and came to meet her at the door ot the room. The couple stood talking in the doorway for some minutes, the woman obviously in a very excited state. Suddenly, to the horror of an official passing along the passago. she produced a revolver, and iired several shots at her companion. The unfortunate man fell to the floor seriously wounded, and his assailant, seeing the number of officials rushing tokards her, jumped inside the darkroom, and locked tha door. The police were quickly called, but she refused td obey their summons to surrender, and vowed that she would kill the first man who entered. Several efforts were made to break open the door, but the work was hindered by furniture and oiher obstructions with which the woman had barricaded herself. Eventually, however, the door was forced and Pearson met the attackers with a hail of bullets, one of which struck and seriously wounded a deputy named Gnewath. The woman only hyd one revolver, and several men rushing on her managed to disarm < and capture her. The woman declares that she was engaged to Smith, but that he had jilled her and she had determined to avenge herself. Since women successfully pleaded tli9 "unwiifcfceu law 1 ' at !Niew Oi lcans some months ago there has been a distinct tendency to sympathise with such offenders, and benevolent societies propose iaising a. fund for Pearson's defence Messrs. J. YV. Braithwaita and Co. will sell by auction at 69, Hanson-street, tomorrow, at 2 p.m.. household furniture and effects. As the owner is leaving Wellington, tha. lot .vfill )m. »eld without