SUPPOSED BURGLARS.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12459, 8 February 1909, Page 3

SUPPOSED BURGLARS.

A CHASE AND A CAPTUKE. 1 ■ ■ ' ' *■ ' ■ [United Peess Assooiation.] Wanganui,- Feb. 7. An exciting incident occurred ,late on Friday night. As two young men; named Anderson an'd-Hatrick, were . passing. tne Economic, .in the. Avenue, they heard a . noise, . and on* looking down a" passage they saw two men drop from a window into an, : alley way, and ' make off in\'the, direction of St. Hill "street. Anderson and Hatrick rushed round the corner, and arrived just';ia:time to see the men getting over a gate. : They accosted - ; them, but, the men : bolted in different directions. WJien; one (named William Scott) was in ■ front of the Opera .'House he .threw away a package, and immediately, afterwards he ; was' captured, " and ta- T ken to the Police .Station. Siibse-; Quehtly a ■ eeafch proved, .that "the . package wtiich was thrown ' away; contained a stick of gelignite and soap. On Saturday, ao :35pupg man, named Albert • Way, was arrested on suspicion of being 'the' other culprit. An investigation v proved that; no harm had been'done at the Economic, the burglars.- evidently^ hay-. ; ing been flabbergasted at finding two safe's, and not knowing which to operate upon. . ■