FATAL AFFRAY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 860, 2 July 1910, Page 3

FATAL AFFRAY.

MAN STRUCK IN HOTEL BAR. Auckland, July 1. As the- ;esult of an affray in the \\ ■aT;-.n,.ia Hotel to-night, a man, named John M; ; sf;n :’r!,c, was killed. Ario -, w liu is stated to have been a cook at the Lake Hotel, Takapuna, was said to have been standing in the bar by himself perfectly sober, when another man came in, but whether by himself or not no one seems to know, as the bar was crowded at the time. He was however, heard to say to Price ; “You cadger.” Price replied: “You withdraw that remark.” Apparently the other man would not do so, for Price went to hit him, and, at this stage, another man, standing at the side of Price, is alleged to have stuck the latter a heavy blow on the jaw, Price falling to the ground with a thud. Immediately all was confusion, and in the commotion the assailant and the other man escaped. Price was picked up by several people, and found to be dead, but until a post-mortem is made, it will be impossible to say whether death was the result of the blow or the fall.

Price was 42 years of age, and his assailant is said to have been a big, burly man—a wharf labourer. The police have a certain man under suspicion, and are searching for him.