A SHIP CAPTAIN IN TROUBLE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6307, 29 April 1882, Page 2

A SHIP CAPTAIN IN TROUBLE.

(Per United Press Association.)

Wellington, April 28th. The police intend laying an information against Captain Orr, of the English • barque Peru, which-sailed for London a day or two ago, charging him with having taken a prisoner from the custody of a detective. The circumstances connected witlv the case are of a peculiar nature. Detective Chrystal, who proceeded on board the barque just as she was about to sail for London, arrived with a warrant for the arrest of the cook, who, it was alleged, had stolen a sum of money and certain clothes. The detective went in search of,his man, and was successful in finding him withthe articles said to have been stolen. On regaining the deck, however, he was surprised to hnd that the Peru was under weigh and steering for the Heads, and that the boafin which he had gone off to the barque was nowhere to be seen After the ship had cleared the Heads Chrystal remonstrated with the captain, who replied that he intended taking him to England. To this the detective objected, and intimated that unless the captain .put him ashore he would jump'overbpard and attempt to swim to land, (seeing that he was in earnest,-Captain Orr agreed to put him ashore, but would not allow him to take the cook with him. The detective landed about six miles from town. This action of the captain has led to the information being laid, and it will be served on him should he again visit the Colony. The authorities intend to bring the matter under the notice of the owners of the barque Peru.