Saved from Murder by a Dog.

Manawatu Herald, 25 May 1893, Page 2

Saved from Murder by a Dog.

The story, o( l\ow, the life of, Mrs Burrill, cook' 'at 7 the Bo'aW'ifefcd Tavern, Leeds, was saved from the , murderous attack of the , man . Rothery furnishes a tibtabW a'd&tion t to our collection of ddg stories. The ; ruffian, who appears to have been ; moved by an insane fit of jealousy, having entrapped the woniatt' into t a room with a closed dppr^isu^enly ' drew a razor from his pocket and iat- . tempted to cut her throat;;. No human help was at hand ; but' while Mrs Burrill was struggling with her assailant a black dog belongiiig ia .the hotel, who happened to be lying 1 asleep under a couch in the room, i aroused himself, and springing upon the man seized him by the coat . sleeve close to the wrist 1 . This ?: it . once compelled the man to attempt . to shake the animal off, I^eapiwhue he necessarily relaxed' his hold upon the woman, who now found strength to call for help. Rothery, however, succeeded in releasing hamaelf, and > once more he rushed at the woman, . razor in hand. The dog, ' howevdr, was still more nimble ;<^b»i spring , between them,, and leaped- •' to ; seize . the fellow by the throat. It wae <at , this moment that the landlady, hay- , ing heard the screams, rushed to tke door and got hold of the woman,

whose egress was obstructed by the chair on which she had been sitting before she removed to the conch. With great presence of mind the landlady 'dragged Mrs Burrill out, and, closing the door, shut the man in the room with the dog. So far as is known the animal did not further rholest Rothery, who, thereupon cut his own throat, and was found by a policeman a few minutes later at the point of death.— People.