"I'll Do For You"

NZ Truth, Issue 1238, 22 August 1929, Page 3

"I'll Do For You"

on her behalf, she said she had an apartment m a house m Crown Street. "Oh Sunday night last he, my husband, came into my room, accompanied by a Captain Thurlway. When he saw me he made a rush along the room and grabbed me by the throat," she said. He said: .'l'll do for you, and him, too.'" Mr. Heavener: Did he catch you by the throat violently? Mr. Penny:- 1 object. That's a leading 1 question. Mr. Heavener:/ "Well, how did he catch you? • Mrs. Warwick: Violently. Counsel: What happened then? Mrs. Warwick: Captain Thurlway ran over and pulled him away and told him he must be quiet. Just then, I caw Mr. Link come into the room. He and Captain Thurlway then went j downstairs and but into the street. I •was still m the corner of the room, : and my- husband rushed around and ■ grabbed me by the throat.' He said: ! 'If I can't have you Link won't have you, because I'll put a bullet through i him and you, too, you ..." "I fejl to the floor," added the wife, "grabbed the door-handle, and I screamed out to Mrs. Daws, the landlady, for help. She opened her door, and my husband* dragged me across the floor. Mrs. Daws called out that she would not have any violence m her house. I fell to the floor again,' and my husband grabbed my purse. I rushed downstairs and ran into Captain Thur.lway and Mr. Link. "My husband rushed down after me ' and made a grab at my arm, but Captain Thurlway again pulled him off and told him that he must quieten himself. He walked down the street and came back. "Handing me the purse, he said: 'I have taken your rings; the money I have not toughed.' He then paraded up and down m front of me, saying: 'Nobody will get you, because I'll do you an injury.' I rushed into the house and back to my room." Mr. Heavener: Were you afraid of »him? ' Mrs. Warwick: Yes. And you still are?—- 1 am. Did you, see him next morning? — Yes, outside the house. He came up to