PLUCKY CONSTABLE.
Courage by Constable M. T. McLaughlin was responsible for the failure of an attempt to rob a motor-bus carrying II passengers travelling from Paxton to Cossnock, New South Wales, on the evening of March 28.
When a man rushed into the centre of a bush road and presented a doublebarrelled gun at the driver, Constable McLaughlin, who was a passenger, decided to attempt to get round the back of the ’bus and disarm the man.
When the man ordered all passengers to leave the vehicle, the driver jumped down and tried to persuade him to abandon his attempt at robbery. The constable then took the opportunity of leaving the ’bus on the other side. While a man named Noland, who stated that he knew the alleged bandit. also began to argue with the armed man, Constable McLaughlin was moving to a position where he could qirekly bo at grips with the man. The constable suddenly found that he had been noticed, and there was a should that if he came an inch nearer a bullet would be put through him. He attempted to reason with the man, who was not prenared to go on with the talk. Then the constable dived at the man’s knees, brought him crashing to the ground, wrench the gun away from him. and placed him under arrest.
While the man was being charged at the police station he collapsed and was admitted to the hospital.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 May 1931, Page 5
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242PLUCKY CONSTABLE. Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 May 1931, Page 5
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