AN IMPOSTER HAILS FROM NEW PLYMOUTH.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8006, 27 October 1887, Page 2

AN IMPOSTER HAILS FROM NEW PLYMOUTH.

Rather a clever series of impostures has, says the Wellington Press, come under the notice o£ the police as having been committed by a person who is under surveillance at the present time. The man is aaii to bo no novice at crime, having recently served a sentence of! two years' imprisonment at New Plymouth for housebreakino-. Soon after regaining his liberty he repaired to an inland town, whero he passed himself! of£ as a moneyed man who intended investing capital in the district, victimised a. confiding tailor to the extent of the value of a tweed suit, and then made a hurried departure. Hia subsequent movements are not known until he appeared in Wellington. Here his most notuble achievement was the purchase of: a piano on credit from a well-known firm, and its imni'diato sale to a Thorndon boarding-house-keeper for £35 cash. Besuiea this he assisted in purchasing a quantity of millinery and dress goods from a drapery house for a woman whom ho represented as his uunt, and who was living in lodgings at the Thorndon end of the city. Suddenly the man aud his " aunt" disippearod from their respective lodgings, and wero lost to view for a day or two, when they wern found living together in the neighbourhood of Te Aro. Acting on a hint received from Detective Campbell, the draper presented himself at their residence, upbraided the woman for having deceived him, aud demanded cither his »oorla or their value. The former .were promptly returned, an excuse being odered by tho womau to the effaot that she hid hope i to be able to pay for them. The vendors of tho piano have not been able to secure it, aid Us present possessor, holding a receipt for tho sum she had paid, declines to return it unless her money is refunded. Tin whole circumatanoes ot tho lruuds will probably bo ventilated in the Magistrate's Court w.xt week. It is not generally known that Berry, the haugmau, is fond of sport of all kinds. His particular " vanity " is otter hunting, aud many a run has he enjoyed with the Cailisle hounds, liobby Troughton, the Kendal huntsman, says that Berry is a " real good uhap, full o£ anecdote, and very proud of his ability in bit* profession." , A little time back Berry assured Troughton that ho could now " hang his man without hurting him in the least." As electricity is superior tq gas, aq is Crook's American Dried Yoaat superior to all baking powders. Sold by all groceis in 2d and Gd paokets ami 71b tins. It stands on its own merits, and has only to be tried once. — H. Cook, Brougbatn-street, Wbolo sale Agent for Taranaki,^ 2-^