Shocking Scene at a Dinner Table.
A"Times" Calcutta telegram says :— Ahorrible attempt at murder is reported irooa Dhurmsal. Surgeon-Major Oldham, of the Jet Goorkbas, some time ago dismissed a table Bervant, but on the man's promise to reform took him back. Last Thursday, while Dr. Oldham and his two daughters were at dinner, the servant caught the elder Misa Oldham by the hair, drew her head back, and cut her across the jaws and neck with a carving knife. Another servant waiting at the time ran out of the room, but the younger daughter attacked the assailant* and managed to get the knife from him, her own hand being cut severely. Ho took another knife and attacked Dr. Oldham, and a scuffle ensued. Eventually )he man was secured and handed over to the police.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 4
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134Shocking Scene at a Dinner Table. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 4
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