SYDNEY SOLICITOR'S ARREST.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 288, 2 December 1905, Page 4

SYDNEY SOLICITOR'S ARREST.

Alleged New Zealand Victia. — ■ ". 'v ■"■■ • ■ SYDNEY. DeeembePL The arrest of a city solicitor -ataTa*;, other man on the charge of• attempting:♦«- , di"fi?ud a solicitor named Wileon of I4fr liu-s led-to the disclosure of a sensafcioMl si.oiy. ~ ' ' ; .;% Ihe arrests were made on the ..strength of a document placed in the hands of tin police by Mr. Wilron. ' ""'■'(' \ According to Mr. Wilson,, early the : year a retired sea captain made ,the acquaintance of a woman; with-whom ht\ beouiic closely associrVcd. A few.-monthi the captain died -uddenly, and ilrortly after death the woman . harded the captain's will", 1 under which she •ae.teft all bis property, amounting, it il alleged, to about £20,000, to one oi the ineariAiy. rerted. . The ,v(ifl-was witnessed ..by r , woman friend of .the wiiß f ' haTidwTiting it WaS> made out. . ,'- ----■■■ A.t this stage a nephew of the taj, captain, who resides in New : Zealai, . came on the scene',, and disputed the and produced' one made by hie und« years ago, wherein, was made-git heir. Mr. Wilson alleges that the dispute! will is set down for hearing at' Wellington nest Thursday, and the wdmrii and the two arrestees and the wofflai who witnessed the will should have sailed for New Zealand last Tuesday. Tl» money for the passages (£403, in coeheir tion with which the arrests wereVniad*, was advanced by Mr. Wilson, 'who "was shown the will as a guarantee of.-repay- ■ ment.- The woman, however, was talctt ill, and during her illness sent for Mr. Wilson and confessed that'the will wta a forgery, and further- alleged -that -tk» men arrested were aware of the facts.! Mr. Wilson obtained the confession in writing and handed it to the police,-whe arrested the two men. The have bee admitted-to bail. -* ;.; \ (Received 10 a.m",) SYDNEY, th>dljr;A third arrest, namely,. fhitV of :« woman; has been made in the , The charge is one of conspiring id-Mf&~': and defraud Mr. Wilson, the eoliriter previously referred to. ' : . V ';