WOMAN’S WAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 49, 1 March 1915, Page 8

WOMAN’S WAY.

EARLY MORNING AFFAIR tN AUCKLAND. Per Press .Association. Auckland, February 26. In the early hours of the morning a man named Robert ,Kerrimun, who "Was standing in the doorway of a house in St. Paul’s street using obscene language, was arrested by a constable. Thereupon the woman with whom Kerriman was living, Esther Faber, came out and declared that if Kerriman were not released she would poison herself. Kerriman was not re. leased, and she rushed away to her room. The constable left his man and followed, and arrived in time to snatch away a bottle of poison. Wlvie the constable was stru tig with the iv,oi,nan Kerriman arrived and commenced to struggle with the constable, and in the confusion the woman got possession of the bottle and drank part of Mm contents. 'Jhe constable blew bis wlii.st'e and obtained assistance. Tie it the woman to the hospital and Korn man to the lock-up. The woman is now progressing favourably. Kcmmm, who is an educated Maori, wivii means, was this morning sentenced to a month’s hard labor for obscene language and obstructing the po .ve.