HIGHWAY ROBBERS.
ALARM AT NELSON. INCREASED POLICE VIGILANCE. [BY TELEGRAPH.— association.] Nelson, Thursday Considerable uneasiness has been occasioned recently by several alleged sticking - up cases reported from outlying parts _of the city. . A sensational story war. related to the police yesterday by a man who said he had been •'held tap" in Vanguard-street late on the previous evening by three men, who relieved him 01 a. small sum of money. As he was going away, he said, they commenced firing upon him with a revolver, and thereupon he also drew a revolver and returned the fire as he retreated to a neighbouring house. The shooting greatly alarmed the residents in the vicinity. After investigation the police doubt the man's story. Other cases which bear the stamp of genuineness have been reported, however, in one instance a man having been somewhat badly knocked about on Britannia Heights. The number of police on night duty has been augmented, and the more remote parts of the city are being patrolled. , ~,,,,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13798, 10 July 1908, Page 5
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