LADY FLORENCE DIXIE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1696, 19 May 1883, Page 2

LADY F LORENCE DIXIE.

A. Note was received by Lady Dixie from the Prince of Wales, making inquiry as to her health. To this she replied that she was none tho worse for hor desperate adventure, and was in the enjoyment of good health. Tho gloves which her ladyship wore ou the occasion of the attack have been sent to Scot* land-yard for examination. The cut in each is described as being almost indenticnl in character. In reply to a correspondent, LadyF. Dixie said :— •' I wish to state that I decline to give any opiuion as to the cause of the outrage. Whatever opinion I may have in the matter I prefer to keep it to myself, There is also a remark in oneof the papers attributed to me, which I desire to give the strongest denial. I never attacked the Fenians in my life. My attacks have always been directed against the Land League, winch I look upon as a body quite diatinct from the Fenians. I know that I have taken up the que&tion of the misapplication of the Land League funds strongly, and my letters in the Times have been directed against that misapplication ; but I should indeed be sorry to attiibute this outrage upon me to the agency of the Land League until the necessary proof was forthcoming." To the same correspondent Lady F. Dixie again entered into the circumstances of the attack. She said :—": — " While one man stabbed at me the other knelt beside me, holding me by the neck with his hands and pinning me to the ground. When the weapon struck the steel of the corset, the wretch withdrew it and plunged at me again with the dagger, As it descended I caught hold of the blade with my left hand, and held it for a moment. The weapon cut through the glove, and inflicted a deep, clean cut (here her ladyship showed her hand, on which there was a strip of sticking plaster.) He wrenched the weapon from me, and as it slipped from the left I caught it with my right hand. He then tried to stab me again as I held the knife. _ While holding the knife I called out twice to my -V 9 " band for help. He had been in thfij^fd hard by a short time previously. The man who was holding me pushed a quantity of dry mould into my mouth, and I was nearly suffocated. Then I lost my hold upon the knife, and he struck at me again. So far, however, as I can recollect, he did not stab me then. There were three attempts to stab me. The first blow was warded off by the steel of my corset ; the second I stopped with my hand ; and he was about to deliver the third one when the dog must have pulled him off before he could reach me with the dagger. I afterwards found three marks of the stabs in my dress, but \\ hen one of the blows was struck the dress must have in some manner doubled and the blade gone through twice. This is the only way in which I can account for it. All I have described took place in a few seconds. The man who bent over me with a dagger had an awful look of determination stamped on hi? face. His features were livid, and his white teeth firmly clenched. They we're both very dark, powerful men, with dark eyes and hair. I did not hear them speak. "

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