A MADMAN’S DEEDS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1923, Page 1

A MADMAN’S DEEDS.

fnv •; i i.rouu-ii --mint minss association.] AVAIIIT. Oct. Ilk A sensational shooting affair happened at Wnikino this morning. A man named liigkins. armed with a revolver, entered the sclioolliouse, containing a couple of hundred children, and he fired indiscriminate!'’. He seriously wounded tli ice piq ils, fwo of whom were shot in the abdomen. A panic ensued. Eventually the iu(ruder, "ho is supposed to he mad, barricaded himself in the sclioolhoti.se. The AVuiiii police were summoned, and on arrival at the scene. Senior Con-t di’o Olsen was wounded by a shot fired fi-un the building. It is also reported that two constables were wounded by shots. The three children were admitted to the AA'ailii Hospital. 'lho luted advices state tin* man is still barricaded in the school. No further particulars were available at one o’clock. THE MADMAN CART FRED. AVA IHI, Oct. 19. The AYaikiim Sclioolliouse tragedy cam ed profound grief in Hie community. Two of the pupils, the boys, who were previously reported as seriously wouudt'd. were shot dead. Mr Robert T. Reid, the schoolmaster was shot in two places. Consla!.! 0 Olsen v-as shot in the groin. H' wt s ope: a led on this afternoon. Higgins, v. ho v.as heavily armed, wa ; capture I an ! lias been lodged in s&s> rrcjttnc: