WOMAN ATTACKED.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 295, 22 May 1915, Page 5

WOMAN ATTACKED.

PECULIAR AUCKLAND CASK ASSAILANT GETS AWAY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night A woman was attacked by an unknown assailant last night in the Mt. Roskill district. She was walking by herself when a man passed and that suddenly wheeling round seized her kjr the throat. He dragged her into some gorse, and threw her off her feet. Th« woman struggled and cried for help, awi attracted the attention of two neighbours. The assailant made off, and, pursued by two residents, he disappeared around a corner which was not lighted, and when the pursuers reached thi» corner they saw only a man walking towards them.

They considered his demeanour suspicious, and asked him where he was going and what he was doing. He was a well built man, and ho answered calmlv enough that he was "out for a walk." Thereupon they asked him to walk to the bottom of the road with them, aa ayoung lady had been assaulted, and if she declared him not to be her assailant they would harbor no'further suspicions concerning him. While this conversation was in progress each held an arm of their man. He cheerfully expressed his willingness to accede, and thejj released their hold. To their astonishment, the man then whipped out n revolver, and told them to approach him again at th» risk of their lives. Without much ado he dashed off, and eluded all pursuers.