ALLEGED CONFIDENCE MAN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 2 May 1925, Page 4

ALLEGED CONFIDENCE MAN

(United Press Association.!

PALMERSTON N., May 1

Allegations that he had been asked to go' to the Esplanade to assist at a horse sale, that be had there been invited to participate in a game of cards, and that he finally had beau robbed, were made by Stanley Gibson, one-time farmer at Taumarunui, and now of Christchurch, at the Police Court, this morning, when Denholm Gillespie, alias John Harris, a well-dressed young man, was charged with the theft of £73. Accused, it is alleged, is one of a party of three who worked together. Following the occurrence, smart work by Sergeant Power, saw the arrest of Robert Howden. who it is alleged was the man who took Gibson to the Esplanade, hut the other two men stated to he implicated, left town. However, in Sydney recently, Gillespie was arrested for drunkenness, and it was then found lie was wanted by the New Zealand police in connection with the charge laid by Gibson. Accused was deported from Australia, and was arrested in Wellington on Tuesday. Howden was charged at the Magistrate’s Court on 12tli March, pleading not guilty, and was committed for trial. At the conclusion of the evidence this morning, Gillespie pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial at the Supreme Court.