LUNATIC RUNS AMOK.
FEB PBBBB ASSOCIATION Dunedin, December 6. A Chinaman named Ah Tie, an inmate of the Sescliff Asylum, was killed this morning by another patient in tho institution. The patient stole a stake from tbe garden and brained the Chinaman. Both were refraotory patient*, the Chioaman for repeatedly attempting to run away, and his assailant for suicidal tendencies. Hitherto tbe man had been quite harmless. At the inquest a verdict wes returned that death was caused by blows inflicted by an insane patient.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 290, 9 December 1901, Page 2
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85LUNATIC RUNS AMOK. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 290, 9 December 1901, Page 2
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