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Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14307, 1 June 1914, Page 5

A hydro-aeroplane was used on March 24th at Miami; Florida, for the first time in history, to capture a theif who had escaped bn l a steamship. Several days before a guest at the Royal Palm Hotel was mysteriously robbed of a valuable diamond brooch and a largo amount of money, and no clue could bo found pointing to the thief’s identity. A few hours before the steamship Miami left port, however, a negro porter at the hotel suddenly disappeared. and suspicion was directed to him. When the police arrived at the dock, however,’’ the vessel had departed, and was well on the way to Nassau, in the Bahamas. A wireless query elicited the fact that the’suspected negro was on hoard, and the idea of utilising a flying machine occurred. to Harry Schade, the police detective assigned to the case. By the time the machine could be obtained the Miami was nearly 50 miles away, and, in spite of a drizrljfng rain and high wind, the detective/ with an assistant and a pilot., set out in 'not pursuit. The vessel was overhauled in half an hour, and the detective dropped into the sea and climbed on boa yd: the Miami, which had been brought to;'- The negro was found and lowered into the waiting hydro-aeroplane, which immediately ascended with its pilot and three passengers and returned to Miami. Loss hour was occupied in the entire flight, Kftluding the time spent in going on. hoard the steamship and arresting the prisoner, A search disclosed the missing, brooch v on him, but the question of the; legality of the arrest "outside the three, has been raised.

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