WINSLOW OUTRAGE.

NZ Truth, Issue 443, 13 December 1913, Page 3

WINSLOW OUTRAGE.

Sleuths Gone to Seed.

Clue But No Capture,

(From •Trutb.'s*' Cbrlstchuroh Rep.)

The prompt capture of Blddlo, the Mayfleld murderer, earned for tho Canterbury Sherlock Holmes department many bouquets, and the Bllljlnis and Billjoes of public llfo proudly winked at each other and whispered that Canterbury possessed several sleuths who would bo an acquisition to Scotland Yard or tho Burns 'Tec. j Agency m 'Murka. But now tho righteously-inflated chest of tho Department has tagged, liko a punetur;ed balloon, and tho public feels indined to hurl a big brick of indignation at tho neck of tho jPoporu raent it was recently polling with complimentary confetti. Three week's ago n farmer's wife at WinslQW, near Ashburton, was BRUTALLY ASSAULTED by a ruffian, who, after alnjtQSt kill* i ing tho defenceless woman, made his escape under tho eyes of a traction ! engine driver who was m tho vicin- [ ity. The engine driver fully describ- ! Ed tho man to the police, and incidentally mentioned that he drove away m a new, red-painted gig, drawn by an apparently well-bred chestnut horse. But, notwithstanding tho fact that It would be impossible far tho man to get rid of tho korsa and trap without exciting notice, tho police have not, so far (Wednesday) affected an nmat. Tho limbs of tho law, however, stnto that they KNOW TUB MAN QUITE WELI,, and Imve a. warrant for ujh arrcyt. They also optimistically reckon that they know where ho is located. If thiH is true, then "Truth" and tho public wonders why the nrroal of tho man it), being ho flagrantly pro-, crastinated. Kven if tho police do not know tho mnn or his location, it is surety Indicative of laxity: somewhere that, with the many clues provided, the man hus been ftblo to oludo them for throe weeks, | which i» long enough to allow the quarry to crawl on his hands, and j knees* to Timbuctoo. Considering that the Winslow and Mhyfair "affairs happened m almost { tho name locality, ami that tho cir-j cuxnstnnccs o/ e<ich ctso are remark- i ably similar m comparison, people ! m the Asbburton district must bo I feeling extrrarwly uneasy, and perhaps wondrr if there is any connection between the two outrage*.