CHARGED WITH MURDER

Southland Times, Issue 24115, 2 May 1940, Page 6

CHARGED WITH MURDER

ARREST IN WAIKINO TRAGEDY EVIDENCE FOUND ON OLD MOTORCAR YOUNG MAN TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 1. The Waikino tragedy took a sensational turn at Waikino tonight when the Commissioner of Police (Mr D. J. Cummings) announced the arrest of Douglas Herbert Cartman, aged 22, a single man, on a charge of murdering Alice Elizabeth Hamilton at Waikino on April 2. The accused was employed as a trucker at the Martha gold mine and was arrested by Detective Sergeants Thompson and Walsh at nine o’clock. Cartman will be brought before Justices of the Peace at the local Police Court tomorrow morning and the police will ask for a remand for him to appear at Auckland in the near future. For several days investigation has been conducted under the direct supervision of Mr Cummings and today Superintendent Cummings, of Auckland was here to assist. Although Superintendent Cummings had not previously appeared on the scene he had taken an active interest in proceedings and had made a series of valuable suggestions. It is understood that the police recently found an old motor-car with a damaged headlamp and a tiny piece of flesh and hair adhering to the underneath part of the chassis. The car was in a garage and the police took possession of it.