BLACK DEMON AT LARGE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19670, 12 December 1933, Page 9

BLACK DEMON AT LARGE

NOTABLE WORK OF BUSH POLICE CHASE OF MURDERING ABORIGINAL United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 11. 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 11. Nemaluk, an aboriginal stalwart, more than six feet high, who was on remand, on a charge of murdering a Japanese, and who is alleged to have been the ringleader in the murder of three Japanese in 1930, escaped from the Fanny Bay gaol on September 23. On October 17 word was received that Nemaluk had been seen w'ithin ten miles of Darwin. Constable Dons and two police boys came upon Nemaluk asleep, and a terrific struggle ensued before Nemaluk w r as thrown over a cliff. By this time cne police boy "Smiler. - was exhausted, and another police boy had been knocked unconscious. Nemaluk was wounded by a bullet fired by "Smiler.” On October 24 attempts at capture were postponed, and nothing has since been heard of Nemaluk's doings. It is feared that if he regains the tribe he may foment further trouble. COMMENT IN LONDON. HIGH PRAISE FOR AUSTRALIAN BUBH POLICE. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 10. “The Morning Post,” commenting on the police battle with the giant aboriginal, says that Sir Rider Haggard never invented a more vivid narrative of a barbaric duel with death, than this plain tale from the Australian bush, of a desperado at bay, and the police boys. It is w'orthy of celebration in a ballad as the Battle of Chevy Chase. The police service has good reason to be proud of such a champion.