LONG ARM OF THE LAW
INSTANCE AT CEVF.ON
CALCUTTA. Maivli 21 A rom:ii-k;il»lt* instance of the long arm of Dm- law is 1 cpnt to<l from Ceylon.
An elderly maker of walking sticks is saiil to have been charged with a murder* committed in 1904. lie fled from the village which was the scene of the nine and evaded arrest, lie lett behind iris wife and daughter. file daughter, now grown into a liaautiful woman, was courted by two men. who learned from her the secret hiding place of her father.
This still remained a secret until the daughter exhibited a preference for one suitor. file rejected lovei sought revenge by informing the police of the father's whereabouts.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 April 1926, Page 3
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118LONG ARM OF THE LAW Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 April 1926, Page 3
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