The Jewel Robbery.

Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 109, 1 June 1885, Page 2

The Jewel Robbery.

ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTED MEN. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of being oonoerned in the late jewel robbery from Mr. G. L. Jenness's shop in Willisitreet. One arrest waa made at Lyttelton and the other in Wellington, *nd some of the stolen property, as also some burglars tools, have been discovered. Tho man arre.ted in Lyttelton— John Allen'dftle by name — was taken on Saturday while leaving for Wellington, whioh plaoo he had left the day after the robbery. Tho other aooused— a coloured man named Wm. Davis-was yesterday morning attested at the Te Aro Hotel, where he had for the last wook been acting as barman. Allondale. who was snpposed to have rooently arrived in tho Coptio from Home, was taken on as a kitchen hand on Monday Week, bht, boing impudent and indolent, was discharged on Thursday last, and stated that he was going that day to Blenheim, when* , <he had reoeived an appointment in ia t draper's shop. Instead ot going there, however, he prooeoded to Ly tteltoa where, having pawnod several watohes supposed to be the, property of Mr. Jenness, he was arrested as stated above. Before leaving he had in his possession a silver keyless stop-watch— also supposed to be part of the property stolen from „ Mr. Jenness' shop— whiou, after ineffectually trying to dbpost of for 30s to several persons, he ultimately gave to the coloured man Davis for a loan of £1, Davis displayed the watoh openly, and this led to its partial identification and his arrest. Toßtorday morning Detectives Campbell and M'Grath, after' making the arrest, searohod the Te Aro Hotel, and were oheerfully assisted by Mr. Thomas Smith, the licensee, in-«o doing. On entering the room lately oeonpiod by Allendulo they disoovered under his bed a. carpet bag, whioh was fastened only by a strap, and on searohlng it they found a keyhole saw and gimlet and two new scarf pins. They also found under the maUrtt* a unuAl saw, and in another part of the room a pieo* of cardboard, whioh appeared to have been, used as part of the shade of tho lamp found on Mr. Jennees's premises. It is due to Mr. Smith to say that he did everything in hit power to aid the deteotives, and that he is muoh distressed that anyone oonoerned in the perpetration of the robbery should have been in his employ. Davis— against whom there is so far no evidence further than his possession of a watoh which ho made no attempt to oonoeal— came to him with exoollont credentials, and has been hithorto known as a quiet, industrkras man. Allendale had only been ten days in the house, and would not have been there more than a week, bnt that he pleaded hard to be allowed a littlt longer, nntil he obtained employment. It, was his subsequent impudent oondnot whioh led to his becoming summarily •iDsUbd. It is stated that a gold watofi ana ohain and greonstone pendant were offered for sale in a jeweller's shop in Te Aro on Saturday, but the polioe are naturally silent on the subject, and nothing definite is known on that point. Davis was brought before the Magistrate'! Court this morning and oharged with having received a watoh, knowing it to have been stolen from Mr. Jenness' shop. Mr. Shaw appeared for the aoouted. Inspector Goodall said that although the case was a simple one, the polioe wore not prepared to go on with it just now, and ho would ask the Benoh (Messrs. H. Halso and J. K. Smith) to grant him a remand for oight days. At the end of that time the policewould be able to prooeed with the out. The laots of the oase, so far as wete known tfr~ present, was that a robbery had been ooi«mitted on Mr. Jenness' premises; that a watoh, whioh had been identified as one of those stolen, had been found in tho poises* sion of Davis 1 and that Davis had purchased it for £1, its real value being £10 lOe. The man who had sold the watoh to Davia ■was now in custody in Christohnroh. Mr. Shaw objeoted to Mr. Goodall's application, on the ground that a remand for eight days was unreasonable. The man from whom Davis obtained tho watoh would ba brought np from Lyttelton at onoe, and the oaso against him would no doubt be prooeoded with to-morrow. If that was done, he (Mr. Shaw) thought it would be unfair to keep Davis waiting for eight days. Mr. Goodall said it was not likely that the other oase would be heard within eight days. Mr. Shaw maintained thit it would be hard to keep Davis in custody when he was able to satisfactorily aooount for the watoh. Ho thought two or three days would be quite a sufficient remand. The Banoh asked whether accused oould obtain bail. Mr. Shaw said he biUsved io oould. He (Davis) was a man who s*ld a high referenoe from his late employer, an hotelkeeper. At the suggestion of the Benoh. Mr. Goodall agreed to take a rsmand nntil Thursday, and then apply for a further adjournment if he finds the polioe are not abl«— to prooeed with the oase. foil was allowed— aooused in £100, and two sureties in £50 eaoh. ALLERDALE AT THE RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, CHRISTOHURCH. [By Telegraph. J (united press association.) Chbistohvjwh, This Da-j. * At tho Resident Magistrate* Oontt tsf* morning, before Mr. R. Beetham, B M Herbert Allerd&le (or Affendale), alia* John*" Williams, was oharged with barglarioasly entering the shop of William Jennet* a. t Wellington on the night of 26th May, and stealing • therefrom watches and jewellery to the valueof about £800. Inspector Pendev said that, with the permission of the Bench he would abstain from saying muoh about the cat o at, present. He assured the Benoh that part* f the stolen property had been traoad to tl^i possession of the prisoner, and the polio* were investigating the matter further. He. applied for a remand till Thursday, when h» would produce all evidence that oould bo obtained, and then ask that the prisoner should be further remanded to Wellington. His Worship remanded prisoner, as requested.