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EARLY MORNING ARREST
POLICE PARTY RUSHED TO WESTERFIELD The widespread manhunt by police in Mid-Canterbury in the last three days since the death of James Alexander Henderson, a Tinwald taxi driver was brought to an unexpected end early yesterday morning. AU nnliw at Ashburton, and the main party of police at Mount Somers we *'e alerted at 2.5 a.m., and three car loads of armed detectives and men of the uniformed branfch converged on a house at Westerfield, about 10 miles West of Ashburton. - . U,?U“o’M“B»C C A e U f eh> house and apprehended a young man. He was sitting beside a fire in the Kit chen of the house, and was not The voung man was brought to Asn burton at 3.5 a.m. and after being questioned by detectives for three hours and a half was arrested on a and detectives of the Police Force from Christchurch, Rakaia, Methven and Ashburton who have been carrying out the search Sr Superintendent D. R. Sugrue. of Christchurch, returned to their stations yesterday.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27058, 5 June 1953, Page 10
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