CHASE OF SYDNEY MOTOR THIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18051, 27 September 1920, Page 6

CHASE OF SYDNEY MOTOR THIEF.

CONSTABLE'S SENSATIONAL EXPLOIT.

(Feom Ouh Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, September 15. I hefts of motor cars left standing in thestreets have been very frequent in recent months, and many criticisms • have been levelled at tho overworked police. A constable a exploit on Saturday afternoon has done a good deal to remove the stigma from his brethren. A Mr Cosman Jbnee ■' had left his new limousine standing in the street in Darlinghurst while h© went into a house. While sitting at the -window upstairs he heard his car start, and, leaning out, eaw it being driven away He went downstairs and after the thief hotfoot. As it turned into tho trafflo of -k-mgs Cross it elowed up and he nearly reacned it. A young constable was standing at a corner, and Mr Jones rushed up to him and told him about it, pointing to the disappearing limousine. Th© constable acted "like greased lightning," as Mr Jones afterwards said He jumped into the traffic and stopped the first motor car that came alone It M nrl< S sly t° b 3 the private £ew South Wales, and it was driven by the Sw^V?* , t I? tT, «oWier, who was taking out two ladies for an airing. The constable piled Mr Jones into the back get after that biff oar" which by now wae S m th ° thlef - .end when within shouting ford through crowded Oxmmm. mmm *«**" m ™<* the