NEARLY A TRAGEDY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 79, 20 August 1912, Page 5

NEARLY A TRAGEDY.

[INFURIATED HUSBAND'TACKLES A t* BOARDER, i'-p '■ .. WHO SHELTERS UNB&R.jufeßp. By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. At Fairlie to-day, before Mr. V> G. Day, S.M., James Lexis Baxter, liceiwe® of the Gladstone Hotel, was charged with wounding, with intent to do bodily harai, James Bradley. Bradley, a e&rpenter, was boaTding at the hotel, hi» bedroom being in a detached building, containing a number of bedrooms. Between 8 and fl p.m. on the 7th inst,, - Baxter went to the cottage and found hi.rs wife in Bradley's room, with the door locked. He broke the door open, assaulted Bradley in the dark, stabbing him in the leg and cutting one hand. Bradley got under the bed, and Baxter kicked him several times about the face. Finally others came and interfered, and complainant got out of a window and went to the doctor. , Bradley swore Mr,".. Ba:y-fcqr was jtt hjs room quite innocently, biit\he Tput out the light and Mrs. Baxter locked the ' door when she heard her. husband ill the passage calling for help. Complainant made no statement to the police till last night. Accused reserved his defence, and was committed for trial, bail being allowed at £IOO and a surety of £IOO, which was at once forthcoming.