MOONLIGHT'S CAREER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5651, 27 December 1879, Page 6

MOONLIGHT'S CAREER.

The Sydney Telegraph gives the following additioual particulais concerning Captain .Moonlight career : —Bit by bit much that was inysteri ms in the carrer of the Egertou Hank robber is being cleaied up, but at the same time a good ileal that is quite erroneous, and that only needed a litt'e inouiry to be set right, lia* been published. This being tlie case, it may be no harm to trace Ivy authentic dates aud evidence, the moveni 'iitj of Su.itt from the the band rubbery was committed untii he was arrested for the crime iu Sydney and sent to Yictuiia for trial. The robbery took place oa tile Stli iLty, 136'J, jiiiit about the latter part of September, of the of October, Scott, with a tnati whom he cailed his s -rvaut, arrived in Noumea (New Cale- ■ ionia) by the schooner Pilot, from Melbourne, commanded by Captain Flinu. •Vhiiat there he made the acquaintance of Captain Yule, of Sydney, who was iu command of the Sarah Pile. A couvict was discovered stowed away on board the latter vessel; aud, though it was proved that this iiad been done by the conuivanee of the crew and without the kuowltdg- of the captain, who was living ashoiu iu a hotel whilst the vessel was in port, still, the French law holding him responsible, he was imprisoned for IS mouths, but not, as a contemporary has erroneously asserted, 011 the isle of Fines. Oil the coutrary he was detained as a civil prisoner, was permitted to have his meals from outride, aud to see his friends freely. Scott having proved to the satisfaction of Captain Sulc that he understood navigation, which, he stated, he had learned oil board a naval traiuiug ship, navigated the ship up to Sydney, and glad thereby to get a passage for himself aii'l servant, as he said ho had run out o ; funds, but had plenty in Sydney. Upon his arrival in this city, which was on or about the 23: d December, he took up his quart, is at the Shipwrights' Arms, aud after a l< days borrowed £5 froui the land.'oni, stating that, owing to the Christinas holidays, ho could get no mon-y from the bank. No sooner were the Jio.idays over, however, than lie save - • Maguire, the landlord, a clie.jue on tnc ■ Uni'n .Bank for *20, which " at "- cashed, aud for some tltu ° t o tho < cheques ami spent money freely, to t amount, it is pretty «rton of o^r£ IUM ( It has been suggested tnat rc _ 011 fo r l closed at chl '^ L ' a^ t time ' but'that so i ,10t ia a V sTt was opened he sold some of the 1 ?°o J tL proceeds of the bank robbery, and th reby placed himself in funds During what . may be called the period of his affluence, Scott amongst other made several purchases of jewellery at a then well-known chop, and in connection with this a somewhat singular circumstance occurred. Oue day, as she was seen leaving the shop, he was seen to start at recognising a lady standing at the counter. Ho blushed, was obvious uneasy, lifted his, hat to the latly, and left the shop jeweller inquired of the lady whether\^ie

great source of trouble to who lived, in the province of T' 1 ?* land, Isew Zealand. The n"xt 1?- ck " boott did was to purchase tho ketch rv 8 at Stubb s auction rooms for ■™7<w et he had to pay £3GO for ren.lira which w at found to be necessary, and his readv n, 8 running short, he had to mortiL? subsequently sell her. 'I ben he I D(i Laidley'a, and on tho strength of from the city of Auckland, New vJi H r which announced the speedy remit?,- *' largo dividends from the cdoWQ 0 ??, 0 ' (lonian mine, Jfew Zealand, made , tingent purchase of the barque Cam.FaT winch he engaged a crew, and on h-,,;., which ho lived, entertaining ' -' ?' liberally. At this time he ha',! ds second self, a fellow calling hi : ,j SP his ■■-tenakie, a Dane, who could sneik ' languages, and who was aftenVir l"®" 1 prisoned in Victoria for wholesale S w' V®' The money not arriving frotn Xeiv v, n i?Scott purchased a yacht, with*the i'l of clearing out. His crew s ot drnnl. ? tlon ever, and before he could clear I' t'' 7° w ~ Heads it was found that a given for £150 for his hvt .he ha<l valueless. He was arrested, tri*) • Was guilty, and imprisoned in M-ui ' in the spring of IS7O On' ' l , Ga °l his term of imprisoumont 1,» °®l )ietln g Sydney, and, in answer to so'no , Y to by a former friend, said that hp >!i "" a good mate and a clever f.-H„ w • met wlio could si imitate a man', 1,,, !" ? aol > that the mau liimsclt couli noforgery, and there is smile c.njeiture t W this was no other than Nesbitt r.'V, i who was recently shot at \V a ,r'.K, , yons ' Before he co-ild avail hiui,o'f. his friend s acquirements in ca'.ioranhv 1? was arrested on a charge of havf,m , the Egerton Bank, and this arre-t due ta his having boas f ed nf fl" J™ 8 to other prisoners iu „a o l Hi! ! took place ou the Ts^ V,ct J ,a rom Th %l! " Cy , hc to \ lccJlia. Ihe remainder o< his ki-'nrv written in the criminal record In? lony, aud quite lately of X, w South \v "i°°" The hiatus his lif/hcC* Z bery and his attempted 11-lit in a yacht from Sydney is now, however, i or t m lirat time supplie l. The detective, intcrvie ved Captain \iilc, it may ba mentioned, jester and that gentleman is to \ W\t ff n* Darlinghur.t G°aol, in order to ilentuy "i^