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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3091, 29 December 1888, Page 3

A , DESPERATE ASSAULT.

. A very extraordinary occurence took plnco in the Ruthglen Police Court, Melbourne, on the 27th inst. l'be Court was crowded to hear a charge of arson preferred against a well-known grazier named Isaac Olcorn. The'case occupied tue whole of the day, and a large number of witnesses wore examined, The Bench committed the accused for .. trial. Just as the case was concluded two men, named William Emms and James Cockburn, were standing together, and Cockburn, who has a strong animosity against Emma, spat in Kintus' face. Kmms immediately knocked Cockburn down. Both men were brought before the Bench, and Emms refused to go into the

dock with 'lockbnrn, as ho said lie was afraid of his life. Both men, however, were placed in the dock, lit' and the Bench, after hearing the ' statements,-fined Oockbnrn £lor seven days, aiid Emms 5s or three days in gaol, Immediately the decision was given, Cookbntn made a spring at Kmms, and stabbed him in the region of the heart with a butcher's sticking knife. lie would liavo repeated the blow but he was prevented by Sergeant Strahan, who seized him. The crowd got very exoited, and would have torn Cockburu to pieces} but wero prevented by the police. Kmrns was removed from the Court and examined by Dr Loughrey, wbo states that the knife penetrated to a depth of over four inches, reaching close to the heart, and that had it not fortunately struck a rib, Emms would undoubtedly have been killed outright, Cookbum, on a previous occasion had threatened to shoot Emms. There was great excitement in town, and it is fortunate that Gockburnwas in the lock-lip, or he would have suffered severely at the hands of the crowd.

tEmms is in no immediate danger, but the doctor states a change for . . the worse may ocour at any moment.

Extensive Debenture Robbery.

A Bank clerk named George L. Onyous was arrested at Melbourne on December 17 on the charge of stealing debentures to the value of £2700 from the National Bank of Australasia, where he held the position of chief manager's clerk. This, howevir, is but a small portion of the total value of tbe debentures taken by the accused, bonds being missing to the value of £IB,OOO. All securities of this description are kept in a safe specially reserved for this purpose in the strong-room of the Bunk. l This safe is Becured by what is known [ as a check lock, and can only be *' opened by two keys, which are kept 1 by different persons. When any debenture was required, these officials, f ! who were the accountants (Mr G. B. ; Shillinglaw), and Onyous, went together to the safe, took out what was wanted, and for mutual self-protection • were supposed lo examine the remaining debentures to see tiiat tbey were all right. In some manner, known only to tho General Managor, to whom acoused has made a confession, Onyous obtained the accountants key, or a duplicate to fit, and gaining access to the safe, abstracted ■ from it various debentures to the value of£lß,ooo, which he negotiated at various times with tbe Mercantile Bank, where ho kept his private account. No suspicion was created at this Bank, as acoused managed these transactions very skilfully, and accounted for the securities which ho deposited there by the statement that he held them partially in trust, and that some of them belonged to his brothers, ho definite information has been provided to show how the , m robberies were -discovered, but it is H'" believed that the disclosures were, brought about by the sale of certain debentures on tho open market, where they were purchased by awell-knowii broker, who actually purchased his own bonds. The Ea k cflbials first becamo cognisant of the rtbbery on tho previous Saturday and Onyous, apprehending tbe dißioveiy, absented himself from his position. When sent for he attended at the Bank, and it is understood, made n confession of the wholo affair. Ho is a married man, twenty-eight years of ago,'and has been in the employment of the Bank for twelve years, At the time of his arrest ho was in. receipt of £B2O per annum.

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