No Clues Yet In Moa Creek Murder

Chronicle (Levin), 5 October 1949, Page 6

No Clues Yet In Moa Creek Murder

1 DUNEDIN, Oct. 4. No arrest has yet been made in the Moa Creek murder ease. It is now a W.eek since William Fraser Melntosn was murdered in histown woolshed little more than 50 yards from his home. Since then-mqre than 20 members oi the poliee foree have been making: widespread inquiries but so far withouC definite result. In the past two days the search for the weapon used in tue orutal atack on Mclntosh has been mtensified. The police have been draxning several ponds that dot the vaiiey in which the Mclntosh farm is situatea. Their search has co.vered a circle of eight miles radius from the farm. An office has been established by poiice ar Moa Creek and typewriters have been in almost continuous use typing oui scores of statements taken in the discrict. The oflice is well equipped for work but the telephone service has uot always beeu capaOle of handliug the cremeudous increase in traflic in the past week. While it would appear that the police are concentrating tneir elforts in the Moa Creek district, they have travelled considerable distances in almost every direetion following various lines of mquiry. The search for the man who, n vas stated, called at the Mclntosh farm on the afternoon of the murder, has oeen steadily pursued. It was reported co the police last week that this man ►vas seen by Mrs. Mclntosh commg rrom the direetion of the woolshed and that when she spoke to him he inquired if the farm was* that of a neighjouring farmer. Meanwhiie, in Ida Valley, many oi che residents are displaymg nervousaess when darkness descends on tlie | jcattered farms. Women! olk refuse to oe left alone at niglit and doors aua .vindovvs are carefuiiy iocked. It is reported tiiat caliers at some farms ai'ter uarlt have been met by the farmer himjelf armed vvilli a rifle or shotgun. Many feel that the concentration oi poiice in the district couid be taken to uidicate that the murderer may be neai the scene of his crime and he couia strike again.