A MADMAN AT BAT.
c nbnrg, the second largest town in oweden, has been passing through a strange experience. It seems that lately a polioemao was requested by some occupants of a house let out in flats to help them to get to their rooms, as a Mr Wetterlind, occupying apartments in the house, had barricaded the stairs. The po’iceman asked Mr Wetterlind to come down and go to a doctors, but the only reply was a shot. Assistance was obtained, and the aid of the military called in, with the result that two men were shot and several wounded. On the 22nd Wetterlind was still in possession of the house. He is armed with four rifles and three revolvers, and is believed to have a large supply of gunpowder and dynamite, with which he threatens to blow up the town should any further attempt he made to capture him, A large crowd of some 200,000 people have been drawn to the place and the heights overlooking the town. The Lord Lieutenant and the chief of the police are there night and day, but seem afraid to make any attempt to capture him, evidently expecting to starve him out. The inhabitants are in a state of teiror, and it is reported in the papers that the King is very angry at the ■ apathy shown by the authorities.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1603, 5 July 1887, Page 1
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227A MADMAN AT BAT. Temuka Leader, Issue 1603, 5 July 1887, Page 1
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