Dyed Red.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 119, 12 September 1885, Page 3

Dyed Red.

A most amusing and novel case— McAlden v. Schnedeerher— was tried at the Sheriffs Court, Preston, England, before a special jury, April 24th last plaintiff and defendant were in the Devonshire Hotel, Barrow-in-Furness, partaking of refreshments, i When the latter poured a box of red dye over plaintiff's head. Plaintiff afterwards tried to wash it off, when he found his face, neck, and hair all dyed red. Defendant then exclaimed jocularly : " You will be a red devil for three months." Plaintiff washed himself again, but the more he rubbed the more intense the colour became. Besides having his features and hair stained, the plaintiff spoiled a couple of suits, several shirts, a number of collars, and altered the hue of the bed-clothes. He was also thrown out of employment owing to the ridicule he was subjected to, the boys and girls shouting " Red Indian " as he passed along the I streets. The plaintiff appeared in court with a finely-polished scarlet countenance with a head ot bright chestnut hair. The defendant was the manager of the Flax and Jute Works, Barrow. The action waß brought to assess the damages sustained by the plaintiff. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for £20.