A SENSATIONAL ARREST.

Bush Advocate, Volume XVIII, Issue 597, 20 December 1906, Page 5

A SENSATIONAL ARREST.

Something of a sensation was created this morning when it was rumoured that a well-known business man had been arrested at an early hour under somewhat exciting circumstances. The police are very reticent upon the j matter, but from what we can gather we understand they rec-ived information a few days ago that a suspicious-looking j plant of bags and bottles of kerosene lying behind the unoccupied shop known as HilTs grocery, next to Mr B^nzie's. The plant was. not disturbed and a careful watch was kept for several nights, but nothing happened to clear up the mystery until this morning at about 2 o'clock, while Constable L?ar mont was on watch when a man carrying a Maori kit approached the spot. He removed the 7Dlant ot bags and kerosene into the back room of the building, which is in a dilapidated slate. The mysterious personage^rho was wearing false whiskers, remained iusule long enough to bore six one-inch holes through the boards of the inside wall, and then he came out again and carried in a number of fruit cases, light wood, aud straw, and built these up against the wall. Ho then came outside, carry, ing his Maori kit with him. Jusc as he emerged from the door Constable Learmont arrested the man, who proved to be R. L. Mayne, who has been carrying on business in Dannevirkc for the past three years as a cash grocer, and he was at once removed to the lock up, Mr Drew, who lives next door, assisting the constable.