FIGHT WITH A ROBBER.
', -' ■£ COACH DRIVER'S 7 STATEMENT. i '■ ; [BY TELEGRAPH.— association-.] ;. . * , * '• Nelson", Tuesday. ,; William Hewitt, drive?" of the Wakapuaka- • Nelson coach, was driving out to the Glen on Friday evening at six o'clock, when a , tall, well-dressed man hailed him and I got, en ihe box. Hewitt says:lie noticed the man attempt to rob the money bag. Seeing .■■■' that bis actions were observed' the man struck Hewitt on the- face and jumped off •yte coach. Hewitt, who is a stalwart.lrish- • •■> man, i says he' stopped his horses> and fol- '■■ lowed the man. : ; They had a severe fight, ; : :■■>-. ..;. and Hewitt left the stranger much marked .. i on the road.-. : • "■ . *-._'. ■„> The coach-driver proceeded to AVakapuaka 'and'did not report the occurrence to the police till the next day. So * far no arrest has been made. ".
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13482, 8 May 1907, Page 7
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