BIG HAUL OF JEWELLERY.

NZ Truth, Issue 276, 8 October 1910, Page 7

BIG HAUL OF JEWELLERY.

West Coast Cracksmen. About a month ago, two men named William Newton and Alfred Prior arrived m New Zealand m the Manuka, holding the important position of firemen on that liner. On arrival at Wellington they left -the Manuka and betook themselves to Westport, where they stopped for a week. While they were m Westport, Jacob's jewellery shop was broken and entered,, and stuff valued at £150 vanished. Later on, the thieves visited Freeman's jewellery emporium, and appropriated ten pounds' worth of goods. After these operations had been completed, the police alleged that the pair went on to Greymouth, where another week was spent, and, on Saturday, September 24, they entered Lloyd's jewellery store and todk charge of goods worth £300. With the profits of their work, the men travelled overland to Lyttelton, where, on Wednesday, September 28, they embarked on the Talune for Dunedin. They weren't long m Dunedin before the police got on their tracks, and !Tecs. Hunt and Mitchell gave them their attention. At midnight, on Thursday, Newton was arrested, and early the next 1 morning Prior Was also -placed m custody. Prior admitted being concerned m the' whole three robberies. Newton

made an endeavor to hf3e %h*e swag*; but was unsuccessful. He got the "key of a fellow-boarder's box on some pretext and put the jewellery m the box, but the. 'tecs, scented it out. Altogether jewellery worth £200 was. recovered. The recovered property-' includes three gold rings (two emeralds and one sapphire), five bangles, five gold bracelets, > eight, ribbon 'guards, two greenstone watch chains,,, nine gold necklets, six gold muff' chains, fourteen gold medals, six silver medals, four silver sovereign | cases, two ladies' gold watches, fifteen silver and metal watches, six oxidised watches, sixteen matchboxes, and a variety of other small lines, j The pair faced Magistrate Bartho- j lomew on September 30 on a charge of breaking into Lloyd's shop a<t

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Grreymoutn, and were remanded till Tuesday last, when they were remanded to appear at Greymouth. Newton and Prior are of the pug persuasion, having been engaged m America m no-decision six-round bout contests. Newton looks like, a pug— he ;scales about 14 stone* land has the look about him peculiar to pugs. Prior is d lighter man, and doesn't look quite so fierce, but still he has the peculiar pug physog. It is thought that the goods were sent round to Lyttelton by the Kini, and, on September. 30, at :the. Lyttelton S.M.s Court William Jack was charged with having been concerned m the robbery from Lloyd's. Jack will appear at Greymouth on October 8.