ACCIDENTS OFFENCES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2761, 10 January 1895, Page 4

ACCIDENTS OFFENCES, ETC.

Mr Samuel Wing, boou-L? ftfc Mr Hellaby's, butcher, while proceeding / voine on Saturday night through Newton, Auckland, was stuck up by two men, knocked down, severely maltreated and robbed. The assailants sacaped On Saturday an accident happeued at Hastings to the Misses Russell, daughters of Oaptain Russell. Whilst out driving their horse bolted, the carriage partially overturned, and the occupants were thrown out with great force on the road. Both were much shaken. Miss Russell was unconscious for several hour.-*. Neither, however, was dangerously hurt. A sensational suicide occurred at Napier on Tuesday afternoon, that of George Howard, aged 33, one of the partners in a concern known as the Anglo-American Soap Company, having their headquarters at Napier. He had formerly as a partner Mr George Duncan, of the survey office, but the partnership was dissolved three months ago. Detective Kirby arrested Howard ou Tuesday on a charge of forging Duucau's name to two cheques for small amounts. Howard, who was in bed in a hotel at the Spit, dressed and accompanied the detective in * cab to town, appearing to take the affair very nonchalantly, smoking and chatting affably all the way. Just outside the police statiou Kirby got out of the cab, and on turning round saw that Howard had a small blue bottle to his lips. Kirby dashed the bottle to the ground, and struck Howard a smart blow on the back of th'j neclc with the result th.it a qu-unity of the liquid in his month was sh it out. Be examined the bottle and found tint it Una a portion of the pnnsie aci-1 label on. In tho ejeantime Dr Moore, who redden close by, wa«f sent for, and arrived within a few minutes. Howard, however, was thin in a state of poma, and despite restorative measures di«d in ab >nt two hours. On searching him at fche station, another full bottlo of prussic acid was found upon him. He was a widower, but leaves two daughters, aged nine and seven. Little is known of him at Napier, where he hadresided for about a year, but it is understood that he came from America It was known that he was in financial difficulties. He had been on a severe drinking bout, and it is surmised that he went to bad at the hotel with a view of taking thopoisyu there.

The body of Jennett Clarke, a widow, aged 66, residing at Menzies' Ferry, Otago, was found in a paddock near her house on Tuesday night. She had been ailing lately and was subject to fits. • At the adjourned inquest on the body of William Kewish, carpenter, Mornington, Dunedin, who died suddenly, having, as he Baid, been poisoned after taking a sedleitz powder, Dr Black stated that he had analysed the stomach, intestines, sedleitz powder, etc., and failed to find even a trace of poison. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes.

A youncr man named Richard Green was arrested on Tuesday evening on a charge of burglary on Saturday night. A young man named John Stephenson while engaged shunting trucks with a horse on the export pier, Port Chalmers, fell. One of the wheels of a truck passed over his left thigh, almost severing the leg from the body. He was brought to the Dunedin Hospital where he died after the leg had been amputated.