A COLONIAL DICK TURPIN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2775, 12 February 1895, Page 2

A COLONIAL DICK TURPIN.

A remarkable encounter between the police and a man who was " wanted" took place a few days ago near Forbes, in .Now South Wales. The man passed off a forged cheque to a local jeweller, and when the nature cf the transaction was discovered two constables, Greenwood and Garsaug, went off in pursuit of him, having identified him from the victimised jeweller's description as a well-known criminal named Sheedy, against whom a number of charges were standing. The coustables having reached a hotel a little distance out of Forbes, Greenwood dismounted for the purpose of making enquiries, leaving his companion on horseback at the yard gate to hold his horse. The next minute he met the man he was after, walking out of the stable and leading two fine horses. " I suppose," said informed that his supposition was correct, he remarked, " Well, I'll give you a flutter for it." With these words he let one horse go," vaulted on to the other, and rode at a spiked gate fully sft high, outside of which Garsaug was sitting on his horse. He cleared the gate, Greenwood's horse, and the hindquarters of Garsang's horse iu the jump, which was a tremendous one and beautifully taken. Then he dashed away, followed by the troopers. Greenwood came up to him in about three miles, and as Sheedy laughed at his call to atop he fired at his shoulder." He did not succeed, houever, in " purwaiiing on him to stop," and the chase continued until the trooper drew up to his man, and, as they galloped alongside each other, put his revolver to his head and begged him to stop, '• otherwise ho would have to shoot him." It turned out, however, that Sheoiy was quite unable to comply with this polito invitation, as he had been hit au A CvWld ""t pull his hor»e up. The, trooper, on !-armug this, stopped the animal and took his prisoner back to the town where it was found that his bullet hud struck Sheedy on the arm. The same maii hn% H is atnted, been previously shot by the poliue iu trying to papape. Wo were under the impression, we must admit, that when the New South Wales police drew their revolvers on escaping crjminds it was time for unoffending citizms i" the fiiuaodiaje viciuity to take t > covtir, but the mounted courtages seem t<> have practised revolver Bhoo'tiug v to some purpose.—Exchange.