ATTACKS ON WOMEN
(Press AsSn.—
"WASP MAN" INFLICTS WOUNDS IN STREETS WITH. ; PEN-KNIFE • PUNISH THEIR IMMODESTY-
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LONDON, Tuesday. The Times Trieste corr'espoudent says that a "Mrasi> man," who appears "like a Wasp hehind yohng Women in "the Streets and like a wasp hehind •the streets ahd stabs theii* sideS and backs with a penknife and disappears imhiediately, has * terrorised Trieste. "During the paSt moiith he has wortnded at least 20, some seriously. TH'e pdlice afi'd yolUriteers have unsUcceSSfully iiurited the briminal. Women were warned not to leave their homes at night unescorted, and were advised to wear steel corsets. The leading newspaper in Trieste lias h'oW received a letter sighbdt hy th'e "Wasp Mafi," in wliicii he db'clafe's that he wished to pUnish womeh for their immodest carriage during Lent. He hopeS • tiie lesson will he suflficientj and says he will cease his attacks. Since Saturday there have been no outrag'es, indiedtiiig thdfe thb lettfer is genuine and written by a religioiis maniac.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 186, 31 March 1932, Page 5
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