MAIL ROBBERY

Northern Advocate, 15 March 1929, Page 7

MAIL ROBBERY

THE WAHTNE CASE. SEVAN GIVES DETAILS, (Per Press Association. —Copyright.) WELLINGTON, This Day). The most interesting- part of the hearing of the case against the men charged with the robbery of the Wabine's mails was the description by Sevan, one of the accused, of the way in which the robbery was effected. In a statement to the- police he said that on Friday, February 8, they all w r ent to Lyttelton on the Wahine and knock* cd around Christchurch the next day, and went back to the Wahine at night They went to the mail hatch and watched the sailors loading the mails. When the men left the hatch, Gordon slipped down the ladder, and so had all the night to work in. In the morning, the others again went to the hatch and hung about until the top and covers were taken off, just as the Heads was reached. When this was done, the sailors left the hatch, and, taking precaution to see that no one else was about, Bevan and his friends called to Gordon to come up. After that, the men kept away from ono another till they met at Wellington to divide the'plundpr. Bevan said his share was £4O. The case is still unfinished.