A BOGUS CALL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 77, 27 March 1912, Page 5

A BOGUS CALL.

’ ,'/}«: CARLTON GORE ROAD ASSAULT CASE. )1 r. i ■ , ■ •’ r 'YPer Press Association.! (f jtv; hi I- Auckland, March 26. Additional particulars of the sandbaking case in the city show that on Friday l afternoon Mrs. Moir, wife of Dr. Moir, received a message by telerequesting the doctor to call at a house in Carlton Gore Road. ihe person■>'giving the message left/ instructions that the doctor was not to coir.ed'rtmnd until 10 o’clock in i the evening, as the patient was coming fiom [! the country, and would not arrive Until that hour. Taking 1 -a tram shortly before iU o’clock, the doetdr arrived in time to keep/his appointment. He baa to walk some‘l distance to reach the place indicated'in the message, but there was no house at the particular spot indicatedl'.-' ■' • Drl’Moir was walking in the centre of JPr‘footpath, when, glancing over the i'Oad, he saw a man emerge from behind a tree or bush. After proceeding sOme yards further along the footpath the "’doctor heard footsteps behind r -him; he looked round .and saw a mail 1 Coming along. This caused him no UWeasiness, but then the man caught up with Dr. Moir, who moved to the*'side of tie footpath to allow the other to pass. Suddenly the man swerved towards the doctor, who instinctively turned his head slightly towards the man. Then a crushing blow iyas administered, and the doctor fell to the ground unconscious. A little after 11 p.m. a young man was going home from the city along the Carlton Gore Road, when he stumbled* over the doctor, who had been left {lying unconscious on the footpath. The young man on- taking a few letters out of the doctor’s pocket, discovered the latter’s identity, and informed; Mr Murray, who lives near by. They .took the doctor into Mr. Murray’s house, and medical attendance was obtained. t Later, Dr. Moir was removed to Ins house: in Symonds Street, where he subsequently regained consciousness. He iso still confined to bis bed, although it is anticipated ho will be about again in a couple of days, his injuries not being regarded as serious. B*l *jj! - .

Itseems quite certain the doctor was'struck with a sandbag, for there was nib outward mark of a blow. Investigations also indicate that the telephone message must have been bogus. .i ' ’ . The- object of the assault is a mystery. The doctor, who never carries valuable about at night, had only 2s 6d in hr pocket. The half-crown was missjng, but the doctor’s watch, a cheap one which he always carried with him at night, was not taken from his vest pocket. The street in which the outrage occurred is verv badly lighted, and gives some to those with evil intent. [,,y . ItiyWas reported early on I‘nday eveiijing that two young lady visit-ors...^-,ho were staying with friends in, Carljgm Gore Road, were chased by some; man, and, after a long mn, reached .their friend’s place in an e\hau4,(?d and terrified stale.