THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN.
Svh.vev, November 18, The constable who was attacked and dangerously wounded by two prisoners he was convoying by train, was named Healy, not Sealy, ns • previously telegraphed, His assailants were leg-ironed, but not handcuffed. Tlioy look the koys of tlio irons, and having unlocked thorn, battered the unfortunate constable with thorn until he was senseless, Tliey then robbed him of £29, and having changed their prison clothes for others that were in their swags, jumped off the train as sho was slowing down, and all efforts to recapture them liavo proved futile, Healy is still in a serious condition.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5185, 19 November 1895, Page 2
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105THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5185, 19 November 1895, Page 2
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