RECRUIT RUNS AMOK.
SENSATION AT TRENTHAAI. A recruit from Invercargill'ran amok at Trentham Camp on Saturday morning-.' It appears that the new arrival, who, with his comrades, had only gone into camp on Friday, roused himself at 1 a.in. on Saturday, and having lost his reason, proceeded to attack those sleeping next him in the hutment. He prodded one man in the head with a bayonet, getting him in the temple. Another man promptly closed with him, and got the maniac down. Then ensued a grim struggle, in which the madman, a big, strong, powerful fellow, freely used his bayonet. He endeavoured, to stab his opponent from behind, and succeeded in inflicting a number of wounds before he was finally overpowered by other men in the hutment. The lunatic, being safely secured, was placed under guard, and later in the day was sent into Wellington for eommita! to the Alental Hospital. The injured men were promptly removed to hospital, whore it was found (hat neither had been dangerously wounded, though both had narrow escapes. The man who grappled witli the lunatic had five wounds in the hack which will require stitching.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1733, 3 July 1917, Page 3
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191RECRUIT RUNS AMOK. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1733, 3 July 1917, Page 3
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