DETECTIVE'S MAN HUNT.
COVERS SEVEN THOUSAND MIXES. ENDS IN WASHHINGTOIv (By Telegraph.—Press Associations WELLINGTON, this day. The departure of the steamer Tahiti for Sydney yesterday marked the beginning of the final chapter in a story of the longest chase in Australian criminal annals. About eight months ago, the secretary of a large concern in New South Wales disappeared. JCo trace could be found of him, or of a large sum of money. After ransacking Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania, Detective-Sergeant Edwards, of the Jfew South Wales Criminal Investigation De- ' partment, received information which Ipd him to visit the United States, and, i following up a clue obtained in Pittsj burgh, he went to Washington, where I the "wanted" man was run to earth. ■ His name is William Benjamin, he is I married and his age is fifty-four. He : was extradited from America on charges lof forgery, uttering and larceny as a ! clerk, the amounts involved aggregating five thousand pounds. Detective Edwards travelled over seven thousand miles through the United States during his man hunt.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 299, 15 December 1923, Page 6
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174DETECTIVE'S MAN HUNT. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 299, 15 December 1923, Page 6
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