STRANGE AFFAIR AT CROYDON.
A yodno woman named Murphy, living with her widowed sister, at No. 1, San-derstead-road, Croydon, when in the Brighton-road, about 9 o'clock on Thursday night, was suddenly seized round the waist by a tall thin man. She struggled and screamed, and a policeconstable, who was close by, ran up to the spot. By that time, however, the man had got away, and the young woman only complained that he had caught her round the waist, and said she thought she should summon hitn. No arrest was made. An hour afterwards, however, while sitting at supper, Murphy discovered that she had been stabbed in some way, her dress having been cut through at the chest. She immediately went to the doctor, also informed the police, who have not yet found the man wanted. Murphy states that she felt no stab at the time of the assault. The police are on the look out for the mr.n,
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2581, 26 January 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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159STRANGE AFFAIR AT CROYDON. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2581, 26 January 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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