SURRENDERED TO THE POLICE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 230, 25 September 1908, Page 5

SURRENDERED TO THE POLICE.

j SYDNEY, September IS. j XTontague Livingstone, Mr. J. C. Williamson's treasurer, for whom tbe police ' . have been -earching for nearly a week, in | | connection with extensive shortages in i | tho takings at Her Majesty's Theatre i and the Theatre Royal, was lodged in the cells at the Central Police Station at . about «L_ o'clock last night. j According to the statement of Mr. I Ramaociotti, Mr. Williamson's partner I Livingstone came to Sydney by train ! from Newcastle, and communicated with his employers, intimating that he was willing to surrender to the authorities. ; This information was conveyed to Deteo ■ fcive Fullerton, who went to Paddington, ' and, without any trouble, took Livingj stone into custody. When taken into • custody he presented a pitiful appearance. His face was wan and emaciated, and his nerves had apparently given way under the strain of his recent trouble. . The examination of the books in which j the business of the theatres is entered is j not yet complete, and the exact amount of the shortages has consequently not been discovered. But it is estimated that the firm's loss is considerably over £ 1000.