ON THE TRACK.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13945, 28 April 1909, Page 4

ON THE TRACK.

These were clnes indeed. All the steamers arriving from the South wore diligently watched. On Saturday morning information was received in'Wellington^.that a man answering Hem- > mingway's description had been to Kaiapoi, and had there hired a bicycle, which ho did not return. Tho detectives at once concluded 'that their man was heading" northwards overland, and it turned out that they were quite right in this surmise. On Saturday nighV although tho weather was anything but propitious for such duty, Chief Detective Broberg, with Detectives Lewis and Andrews, statiohect themselves on the Queen's Wharf, in wait for the s.s. Takapnna, from Picton. She came' alongside about 11.80. ARRESTED. The Chief Detective went aboard the steamer at once, and tho other men remained on the wharf, keeping a sharp look-out. Presontly, and while Broberg was down in tho passengers' compartments of tho steamer, Detectives Lewis and Andrews saw" a mo'i whose appearance resembled the description" of tlio ptfrson they were looking for in the act of descending one of the companion ways, and his disappearance was so sudden that thoir suspicions were only intensified. After a further search, which wa? fruitless, they decided to set n trap for the suspect. Lewis "planted" liin^soli" in .a dark corner on board the boat and. Andrews selected a secluded and shady spot on tho wharf, back fro»n tho gangway. Presently a man, who looked like their auarry, walked on to the gangway, which was immediately blocked, so far ns ho was concerned, nt both ends for Lewis disputed his r>nth at one and Andrews at the other.' They had no difficulty in taking him back on board the steamer. "Tn answer to I questions ho strenuously and indeed

lefiantlv denied thot ho was JToni-

ivingway; hnt thr> police officers were fiir from hoiu% siitisi'i< j< l \. ith his roplies io their inoim ies, for he answered (hr- description* th/.v h.id oi him too t'lo^elv--ii'>out twenty-one years of ngo, tall, slight, but w iry, and of dark complexion — -niul there «ovo other details of his appearance that nil talliod.

Ho was t*kc3i to Lhe Detective Office, whero I'o admitted that his name was Henimiugwny. Ifc is understood that he. has made other important statements with regard to the offence. At the Police Court on tho appliond'on of the polire accused was remanded til 1 May 5. — Now Zealand Times.