PATHETIC STRIKE CASE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1166, 1 November 1913, Page 4

PATHETIC STRIKE CASE.

MOB TREATMENT AND

AFTER.

A shocking case, with an element of pathos, has been brought under notice in connection with the strike now in progress. On Saturday last a certain man was employed in working cargo on one ot the steamers in port, and, after leaving the wha'f, was heard to boldly assert that he did not believe in strikes, and had “scabbed.” He was pursued up Jervois Quay, through Hunter street, into Customhouse Quay, and a ter receiving a rough Handling succeeded in boarding a southbound car. An attempt was made to pull him off, but be fought for freedom, and was bourne away on the car out of harm’s way. It is understood that the treatment which the man received so preyed on his mind that, cn Tuesday, his reason gave way, and his wife had to call on the police for protection, as he had become dangerous. As the police cannot, without a warrant, arrest a person in his own bouse, tact had to be exercised, and the man’s medical attendant succeeded in inducing him to leave the house, when he was at once taken in charge by the police, and after a desperate struggle was conveyed in a motor car to the Porirua Asylum.

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