NOCTURNAL CHASE

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 122, 25 May 1928, Page 11

NOCTURNAL CHASE

GRIPS WITH A BURGLAR MAN IN. HIS PYJAMAS' , (By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.") AUCKLAND, This Day. Stiutlcd out of his sleep at 11.30 last evening by a violent poke in the, ribs from his wife, 11. Wnhnsle'y, railway employee, of Park road,' was surprised to find a burglar making a hurried exit ■ from his'flat. An exciting chase ensued.'l Walnlsley, clad / oiily iir pyjamas, raced after the .intruder, .who disappeared round a. nearby corner. Stopping with the thought "He^s gone," Wahnsley pulled up, and was preceding back to his flat. Looking over his sl/ouldor, however, ho observ-^ ed his quarry peeping furtively round tho corner. \Va!msley- needed no second- invita- \ 'tion , to. reiiow -.fcheiiahasey.aiulsatr was;a. .' good .'.'go" itilljth^rfugi^ijfC -j.-eap.hM. ' "the vicinity of the Nurses' "Home. Here the principals in the midnight drama came to holts.- In the1 scuffle Walmsley, who suffered from war disabilities, was thrown to the grqund, and his assailant jumped the fence and cleared out through tho Auckland Hospital grounds. Unfortunately for him, however, ho left minus his overcoat. •' ■'■ '■■ < -■■'■■'•■' ■ ■ ':srP.:.'-.; •". r :^:. ..;;'.: „ When the:6cctiparit;so of tli'e-'fla't-mUde1 a soarch.-it was^found ;thtit l^'Cd was missirig from a 1 "pocket.in WrJmley'scoat. The nocturnal visitor inust-'havb been disturbed, however;" for : lie icft £C 10s in notes in another pocket.