HE CARRIED THREE GUNS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17905, 22 July 1926, Page 15

HE CARRIED THREE GUNS.

YOUNG MAN ARRESTED BY SOUTHERN POLICESAID HE HAD COME FROM CHRISTCHURCH. For Press Association. INVERCARGILL, July 21. It is to say the least of it unusual for an Invercargill constable to arrest a man who is carrying three revolvers, one of which is loaded, and two sheath knives, yet that is what fell to the lot of Constable Dowling. At three o’clock this morning the constable noticed a young man walking along the street. He was poorly dressed and the general circumstances led to the constable stopping and questioning him. He gave as his address the name of street absolutely unknown in Invercargill, and his answers were so evasive that the constable, not satisfied with his replies, questioned him further. At the same time the constable noticed that his pockets were bulging. He became convinced that the man was carrying weapons, and decided to search him. lie took him to a spot where there was an arc light, and in the presence of a witness searched him thoroughly. He was carrying three revolvers in his pockets, one of which was loaded in four chambers, and had a spent cartridge in the fifth. In addition he had attached to his waist a belt with two sheath knives. , He was taken to the Police Station, where he gave his name as Leslie Edyvean. He stated that he had driven from Christchurch in a Ford car, which the police had received word was missing. The car, which was abandoned on the Bluff Road, has now been recovered. He made a voluntary statement concerning some property in his possession, which he admitted was the proceeds, of shopbreaking in Christchurch. It is understood that he belongs to Christchurch. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day he was charged with being found by night in possession of a loaded revolver, and was remanded for a week to enable the police to complete inquiries. Bail was not asked for.