A STRANGE AFFAIR.

Evening Star, Issue 3652, 5 November 1874, Page 3

A STRANGE AFFAIR.

The Invercargill correspondent ©£ the ‘Bruce Herald’ says;—“ Constable Boyd, stationed at Winton, was brought into the Hnspit .1 on Wednesday last, having been severely bruised on the previous evening by being thrown from his horse near to the t wnship of Winton. The occasion of his mishit)) v.ms a very singular one, and exceeding difficult of expl nation, shortly after seven o’clock in the evening, the night being dark and squally, Constable Boyd, travelling towards Wmton, and being close to the Meat Preserving Wo-ks, observed the outline of a man among the tussocks ou the roadside, and shortly after passing him the discharge of a gun from the spot caused the constable's horse to jump from the road, into the drain at the side, when immediately a second shot was tired, at which again the horse plunged and got out, but not without throwing his rider, who was much shaken and bruised, and ultimate!) 7 , with groat difficulty, made his way to the township. Mo clue is held to the discovery of the man who fired the shots, and no motive can be ..sfignad for the act. The constable is goiug on very well.”