ASSAILANTS FOILED.
"CAUGHT A TARTAR." Feilding, March 28. An attempt at highway robbery in the district is reported, but the assailants received more than they bargained for. It appears that Mr. J. Wiggins, a con- 1 tractor, was cycling home along the Sandon road a couple of nights ago, and when on a lonely portion of the road about a inile from the borough boundary he was accosted "by two masked men, wlo demanded his money. Mr. Wiggins refused the demand, whereupon the two men attacked him and tried to take his money by force. They, however, found to their cost that they had attacked a tartar. Being physically a strong man, with a knowledge of jiu-jitsu, Mr. Wiggins soon had the men sprawling on the road. Not waiting for liim to repeat the dose they escaped as quickly as their legs would allow. In the first struggle Mr. Wiggins's clothes were badly torn, but otherwise ho damage was done.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 233, 30 March 1912, Page 5
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160ASSAILANTS FOILED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 233, 30 March 1912, Page 5
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