NEW CALEDONIA.

Western Star, Issue 870, 13 August 1884, Page 4

NEW CALEDONIA.

POLICE NEWS FOE A FORTNIGHT. (“ Sydney Morning Herald.) From tiie evasions and rcintegratioi s for the fortnight from Jui e 27 to July 9, it will be seen that the usidents in New Caledonia have good cause for alarm and anxiety, and the people of Australia and New Zealand plenty pi "ground for their protest > against the wholesale inttodhction of persons Of the criminal classes amongst respectable colonists. June 23, four runaways from Bouloupan ; June 24, four liheres have been re-convicted—Grainger, Np. 3031, tot breaking bounds, vagrancy, and repeated -drunkenness; Piston, No. 1358 ; Yautravers, No. 4239 ;‘and Desrues, Nd. 4275, for exceeding their boundaries. The first Council of War has condemned Bourdon, No. 2923, to two years’ imprisonment, and 10 years under surveillance, for robbery; Hunjbert, No. 1144, to 5 years’ imprisonment and 10 yehrs under inspOdtioh, for cutting and wounding On June 25th the liheres Martin, No. 2235, an;d Bapante Biazza, No; 3854, for exceeding their bounds. One escapee, more conscientious 1 1 than o his fellows, had stolen jewellery worth IOOOf from Ores pout. '‘-Before leaving- the district he left a letter for the inspector, tellimg him that he was the thief, was going into the town to sell his treasure, and would return by-and-by for the rest. ! On June 27, at 3 p.m., the polide captured the condemned convicts - Blachere, ; Na2-14,149, abd Hebrand, No. 11,156 —who had escaped’on 20th inst. They have been 1 recognised as the perpetrators of the recent robbery at Mr D. Carter’s. On the'2Bth, between 1 and,2 U.m., the poliOe'also iSf rested Boirou, 6525, and Houilleres, 13,331. These' committed the robbery at Lieutenantcolonel Pous’. They worked on a ..grand scale, and ‘ took i part in; the robbery at Mr Carter’s. Boirou also robbed M. Poulet’s house. His associate, Houilleres, deserves special notice. 'Already a - A'fiere,-he had been re-committed -fo gaol for numerous offences,- but had escaped. On beinlg questioned, he declared he would resume ins evil course as soon as possible, and on his nest escape would “ set the whole town in bkod and flame ’ On the night of their arrest they passed the residence of the Director of the Penal Administration, and were found in front of Violette and Martin s stores, armed with crowbars, and a complete thieves’ apparatus. Property belonging to Mr W. Bad}' and. Son, was found upon them. On the 29th Descottes, No. 11,555, and Julien, No. 10,597, escaped at 6 a.m. from the colliery wharf. On the '26th, at .Bourail, due Übere escaped in the night, and on the some night four escaped from Ouegra, At Gomen also on the 2Gth the canaques recaptured a convict who escaped a month before. On the same day the Übere Konsseau, No. 1521, was taken and imprisoned in the peninsula for larceny and robbery. A Übere named Escoufiare was arrested on board the Sydney just before her departure. He made no attempt to escape, and had not been guilty of any offence during the time - he had worked on board. It is suposed that he has escaped from his appointed district, as when questioned about his prison career he could not explain his presence in Noumea. -He was afterwards liberated on the production of his papers. The criminal Bezel, No. 6990, who escaped some days before from Montravel Camp, was retaken on the 28th June in the Yalley of the Tir. On the 29th at the Yalley of the Infantry, one escapee was killed by the local police iti front of Lareitie's shop, where he had gone to get food. He has been identified as the convict Brique, No; 13,525, who escaped from the collieries ou 17th, f A purse was found upon him, with a 20 franc gold piece which had belonged to Liout.Col. Pous. The clothes' he - wore bad - belonged-to- Mr Carter.^’-He is supposed to have been' an accomplice in the many robberies recently committed in the town. The criminal Gueaut, No. 12,552, escaped from the- penal work at the Place d ’ jLnnes, was retaken the following day in the 1 nfiiiitry Valloy. During the night of the 29th a burglary was committed at the house of 'M. Gaveau. ‘A barque was . toied fiuin her anchorage on the night of the 30th June. The vessel belonged to M. Geroiimo, Was moored to 1 the schooner Telegraph to be re--1 inured id the Bay of the Mdzelle. This barque was prigiuallytbe three-masted Bordeaux. She is painted white with a red lino round. The coast is being ■searched. Eight criminals escaped together on the first July from the camp at Boulapari in a barge belonging to the penal administration. On the same . day the Übere Gonaux, No. 1948, was -retaken and confined for outrages against Government officers. On the 27th June three' convicts escaped from Nou, one from Dumbia, ■ one from - Bourail ; on the 28th, one - I'rom Nou, -one from Dumbia ; on the 29th, two from Coetempie. The re-arrests from the Ist to 7th July were larger than in the previous week. Eight escapees from different places were retaken. Bomby, No. 4U13, accused of attempt to murder a military inspector, was acquitted by the second council of war. Pro I let fount Merse, a notorious criminal, has again escaped. Pour escaped from the coal mines on Tuesday, July Bth.