THE BUSY BURGLAR.

NZ Truth, Issue 407, 12 April 1913, Page 6

THE BUSY BURGLAR.

! Captured m Wellington. Accused Men Remanded. i. Wellington, generally speaking, lias J lately been fairly free from, the attentions of the burglariously-disposed person, but the. spell was broken this week, when the premises of .Louisa Smith, next the Duke of Edinburgh buildings, m Manners-streerUi -were entered, and twelve fur stoles, five ladies' hand muffs, three ladies' fur hats, one lady's fur hand-bag, one lady's velvet satehet, and other things, including a quantity of fancy trimmings, of the . TOTAL VALUE OF £58 13s, were appropriated. In connection with the case, Constable IjTarumond arrested a man named David Irwin, a middle-aged man, with a reddy complexion arid grey hair, cut short. V . Accused was brought before Mr G-. W. Riddell, S.M., on Tuesday last, and was remanded till next Wednes^ day, April 16. Very boyish m appearance, .of •■sal-, low 'cbmplexion, arid standing about five feet one or., two m heig-ht, a young man named Grlyn Ivor Hazel jwas placed iri 4 the dock at the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Wednesday: last, . charged with committing two very serious crimes, the allegations being that on March 22, at Levin, he' entered the shop of Frederick .Joseph Glackiri, jeweller, • and stole therefrom A LARGE QUANTITY OF - " JEWELLERY, ; v . consisting of watches, rings, sleever, links, bangles, , brooches, bracelets, sovereign cases, etc:, etc., of the total value of. £150 ; and, further, that on or about March 30,' at Mas,terton, he entered the premises of Alexander Henderson, jeweller, "and purloined a large number of articles of similar description to those ennumerated m, the first charge, to a total value of £80. On, .the ' application o£ Inspector Hendrey, accused was remanded till Wednesday next, April 16. . . The arrest was effected by Detectives Lewis and Andrews on I.1 '. Tuesday afternoon, and when a search was made of accused's belongings, a greater portion , of the proceeds of the Masterton robbery is said to have been recovered. -WORD FROM-' DUNEDIN, m connection with the foregoing charges, the /Wellington police have J received information from Dunedin >to • the effect that a' steward on board the s.s. Essex, which vessel is now at Port Chalriiers,, has been arrested on account of a large quantity of jewellery being FOUND IN HIS POSSESSION. '. The. man's name is said ■to be Thomas Darroch. The police believe the steward purchased the stolen goods while the boat was m Wellington. It has. also been as^ certained that the "John" department is endeavoring to connect up a recent burglary at a jeweller's shop m Mannersstreet with yonng> Hazel. On Thursday morning' young Hazel! was. again "docked." and was charged, that : between March 1 and 3 last he entered • the premises of Charles' George Sherwood, at "Wellington, and' stole 12 ; watches, eight' greenstone hearts, two silver sovereign cases, arid two silver matchboxes, of a total, value of £13 365, the property of the said Sherwood. , ; Also that on or about March 27 he entered the premises of the counting-house of the Westport Coal Company, Wellington, and purloined a s pocket wallet and a handkerchief, valued at 4s. ' Accused was remanded, till Wednesday next, when all the charges against him will.be taken'.togetber. > . Thos. Darroch was arrested at Port Chalmers, and was 'brought before Mr. AV H G. Riddell, S.M., yesterday (Friday) morning. On the application of Chief Detective Broberg acpused ' was remanded till Wednesday next. "A RESPECTABLE YOUNG MAN." 1 At the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, a man named \Norman William \Scambury was charged with stealing from the dwelling of- Charles Headland, two diamond and sapphire rings, valued at £6 os, belbnging, to Annie Headland, and, further, that on Saturday last, April 5, he stole £5 m money and a purse valued at half-a-crown, the property of Harry TraVersby. Accused was remanded till Wednesday, Api-il 16, v bail being allowed, self m £40, and two sureties of £20 each. On a charge of stealing a portmanteau, supposed to he valued at £5, ; but which, so Inspector Hendrey stated, might pos- l

slbly prove more valuable, John Power, alias O'Brien, was remanded till to-day (Saturday) at the Wellington S.M.s Court on Wednesday. Tho person to whom the property belongs is one G. T. R Davis, a member or something 'of tho Chapamlcr cash cadgo cum-mission, who, being absent In Auckland, -will be unable to Identify his prayer-book, tracts, and longtailed coat until his return to .Wellington,

ant were: "Why did these instructors receive an advance m wages just about the time the exposures were first made? "Why is it the first and second officers and engineers are compelled to buy their own uniforms, while less important officers receive uniform allowance? Why is It that, the full allowance of food is not served out to each boy? Why is it that a bigger percentage : of passes (4- out of 12, and 1 out of 8) has not been. obtained amongst those who sat for examination? Our informant ■ makes other startling disclosures, amongst which is that he declares solemnly he knows of AT LEAST THIRTY FLOGGINGS administered by the commander (he always does the flogging personally) during the last two years, some of which were deserved, but, m the majority o<* cases, for most trivial and trifling breaches of the regulations. "If there is a public inquiry I shall certainly give evidence," concluded our informant.