A BRUTAL OUTRAGE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 75, 24 April 1909, Page 2

A BRUTAL OUTRAGE

ladv nonm-i) and maltiikatkd. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. A allocking outrage look place about 2.-10 this aftt-rnoon aboard the steamer Mocraki, which arrived this morning from the south en rout,, for Sydney. Miss Orr, of Oamaru, who intended proceeding with some friends to Sydney, having eonie from LyUelton by the. Moeviiki, was reclining in her caibljim when a strange man suddenly entered, shut the door, and quickly grasped Miss Orr by (he throat, using considerable violence, and demanded her purse. T'.ie terrified woman handed over her purse containing between C 4 and C>. Tne man then forced her back on a sott''c, ami severely punched her face till she became almost insensible, Then the brutal robber succeeded in making his escape, and no trace of him has yet been found. The police and detectives were summoned, and arc busily investigating the circumstances and making a search. Vnder medical instructions. Miss Orr had to abandon making the voyage to Sydney, it being advisable that she should stay in Wellington fur the present. She will probably return to Oamaru as soon as well enough. Medical examination shows that Miss Orr's throat is severely lacerated, her taco is horribly swollen, and she is suffering very much from shock.