BRUTAL ASSAULT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3739, 8 January 1907, Page 3

BRUTAL ASSAULT.

On a Woman. Invercargiij., Jan. 6. An outrage of the most brutal nature w& attempted by two men on New Year’s Eve, almost within cooee of the Invercargill town clock, A woman was going home after seeing friends off by the late train, when a man hear a fence .Jhgave a long whistle. An answerfefag whistle comingjfrom the front, continued on; She soon observed that the man-who had first whistled was keeping pace with her on the opposite footpath. As soon as she turned into a side street the man rushed up and caught hold of her. She screamed, but was silenced by a blow on the mouth and felled to the ground.' Further outcry was gagged by tie-ruffian's hand. The next move] was to endeavour to strangle hetj, In the meantime the 3%omplice , | was stationed at the a late car ]sft then Stopped at the corner. Several passengers alighted, and the ruffians had to fly. The woman, half dead and speechless, staggered ;tq a neighbour’s house, where friends attended - to her. Examination of the spot shows that a desperate.: struggle must have taken place.