MAN WITH REVOLVER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20598, 24 June 1930, Page 9

MAN WITH REVOLVER.

EFFORT TO SEE POLICE CHIEF,

SEIZED BY A DETECTIVE.

A man from whose pocket protruded tho butt of "a pistol endeavoured to gain an interview with the New South Wales Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, in Sydney recently. Ho was seized and disarmed by the chief of the detectives, Air.' Mackay. , - •

The stranger called at police headquarters twice during the day to secure an interview with the commissioner, and it was when he was about to be admitted into Mr. Child's offico that the commissioner's .officer, Constable Sanders, noticed that ho was fumbling with tho butt end of a pistol. The stranger said: "I have an unpleasant duty to perform." Mr. Mackay was notified, and ho bounded up tho stairs, strode up to tho man, and, after Bcizing him, took the revolver. Subsequently the man was detained and questioned. Ho was able to prove that lie had a licence to carry a revolver, and, when asked .what he meant by saying that he had an unpleasant duty to perform, ho replied that he had meant thab the subject of his interview was unpleasant. The stranger was medically examined, and the doctor reported that tho man appeared to be rational. He was allowed to go free, but his revolver was confiscated.