DODGING DEATH.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1703, 17 December 1919, Page 6

DODGING DEATH.

SENSATIONAL "ARREST. IT SYDNEY RAILWAY STATION. PLUCKY DETECTIVE. , Defective Norman James, of Sydney ~ .Video Headquarters, effected a 'smart ar•est in the Central railway yards early yin 1 he night of November 28, amt in doing *o bad! some sensational escapes, while iroviding a number of. railway employees. uid‘train passengers with unusual thrills. During the day Superintendent Hannan, he Chief of Detectives, received an urgent wire from the Maitland police, asking; liini to arrange for the arrest of a , nan suspected of being concerned in a 1 .■dbbery at Maitland, who was believed to jc travelling- to the city by train. Detectives Batson and James went to .ho Central Station, where they were join- i :cl by Sergeant McKay, of the metropolitan superintendent's office, and the three officers waited on No. 3 platform; Shortly if ter half-past six the Maitland tram pub led in, and when the man for whom they Were watching approached, one of the detectives Spoke to him. The suspect turned, however, and sprinted along the platform towards the railway yards, followed by the three -ofheers, headed by James, who quickly ginned on the man. j „, BEAT Tl|E TRAIN. The fugitive sprang off the end of the platform and'made towards the Eveleigh junction. It looked as if a train approachin"- No. 4 platform would run him down, but ho crossed the rails to the loft with only a few yards between him and the locomotive. , , James was gaining on him slowly, ami when he saw him flush across Ihe i- s spurted, and, running for a few ya'dsin the same direction as the tram was ! ■ - ■fling, got ahead of it and crossed the '"This enabled the runaway to gain a hi lie ground, and when !>o crossed an<)thers of rails over which a long tara. if. ssod on ’an outward trip it looked aChon, but when the train tinil (tent In ... the’« man near No.--10 plat fo''*"- ll( n followed a game of h.dc-and-seek beltn trains and trucks,, and at one ht., suspect tripped over a sleeper •>' ; V rowly missocb-being run over . by a locomo tive which was being shunted. THROWN AND HANDCUFFED. The detective then got a clear run, , the result that he ctyight up with us man fr No 13 platform. He struggled v,o- ---' lently and wrestled himself Tree, but lis liberty was short-lived. James caught him again after he had and after -a* fierce struggle, tlnow • 1 n wallet which contained, a ?°\ c M lies ™ ta • lion w.tclt, and . hjy • Detective Jameses one of tho U J >° n ■ emits to the Doted.ye Ofilcc, ‘‘y™ ■ recently transferred,'from the Dartiiignm Division.