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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1914, 13 February 1885, Page 2

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[United Press Association.] c a DunediNj February 12. c It was .stated in the J3an Francisco 1 telegrams that Victor Bedingfielfl, 'wliq, i whon "Captain" of the Salvatjpn iimy g here, ran away to Melbourne, accompanied a by a ''Hallelujah Lass," had been killed r while praying in front of a saloon at d San Jose, California. That the Btate- t ment was incorrect was shown by an n extract from a letter- received by Mrs c Bedingfield, who is hi Dunedin. In the v letter Bedingfield states :'--"I have been t seriously hurt, but am all righfcagain now. h We were holding .an open air. meeting in

front'of a; saloon, or hotel, when tho proprietor came and offered mo two glasses of beer. Of course, he meant it as an insult,'and I pushed them (the glasses of beer) away. Ono of the glasses fell out of his hand, and he threw the rest in my face, and told me he would have me out of that somehow. Then he went into tho house and. threw some dirty slops over me from an upstairs window, Shortly afterthat I went down on my knees to pray for him, and he threw a big heavy pickle-keg, bound with iron hoops, on me. Well, it knocked me senseless, and I did not remember anything more. Afterjhat, concussion of thelbraiii.'set'"inj'jttid ■I ; was insensible for twenty-seven hours. However, lam well again, and leading meetings.' The people here raised a mob and were going to bang the saloon-keeper, if I died. They bought 35 yards of rope, and frightened him pretty well out of his wits. lam not going to prosecute him," A subscription is being started to send his wife to him. . .