STICKING-UP CASE.
MR W. G. RAE’S EXPERIENCE.
I '(Per Press Association.) j Auckland, last night, j A sticking-up case took place on W«h!I nesday night on the Great South road, j Mr W. G. Rae, returning from Papakura I on horseback, overtook a man, and as they proceeded along side by side, he asked the I man if he was going far, and recetvedjihe I reply, “ No, and neither aro you until I get I a few shillings from you.” He then laid I hold of the bridle. Rae, having a stout I umbrella, brought it down with full force I upon the man’s head and down. This caused the horse to Jalip, unseating Rae, who landed on his feet. He j then heard other footsteps, fand thinking that his assailant had an accomplice jumped upon his horse and went full s&ffed for homo. Rae called at both hotels at Papakura during the evening, trying to get change for a ten-pound note. He thinks that this fact may have been noted by someone. As the night was dark, Rae,_is unable to give details that would lead to the identification of his assailants.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1471, 3 June 1905, Page 2
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