Gold Robbery at Coal Creck Flat.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 154, 22 October 1872, Page 7

Gold Robbery at Coal Creck Flat.

{I 5, 1**11 Sh-* T.ri Tin -s ) Con.V.Jorvbl-3 e’caib i vit hu bum aroused in this irdgiibouimo • ! by ;i s uhes of most d iving go 11 rohb jries. u: vv.ii ; ! i it his bum tlij scene during t’ne his 1 few days. The sufferers be these andaeious acts are -diggers who reside ujm;:i the Fiat, and whose ehims border upon the Mulvnenx. The practice of the thief has been to be well nested in in regard to the pvog*v«s of (•aerations in the resuvegve ol.ii n«, an 1, when tao workiu wore so far ad vanned .is to be brought to an ease completion, to mile a louturnal irruption and relieve the boxes if their gold. Tne iirst who suffered from ;his unwelcome aggressor was Anderson, Snell, and Oo.’s party, whose boxes were fount cleaned out, and nearly 2;wt. of auriferois sand carried off. List Friday night the lew claim of Mr J. Tainblyn, which had bean prepared for a wash-up on the next d:v, was found, when Saturday morning came, to have alreidv undergone that operation. No wavs dam'el, however, by the suspicion which it must have been evident to himself :ie hid aroused, the duel pursu 'd his nefarous eou se, and, on Tuesday night, came mon the claim of Mr It cuavd U jniietts, whim wu ready for a ■vasn-uu ou the next d.r. There lie coo'd v turned on the wat;r, ohaned out the boxes, ind left things in such an or-lade and workmanlike manner, as not tnlv to ind cPe con sidcrable s!c;ll, bu. to no hr. susuicion towards one who has a complect knowledge of the Malms, th dr owners, aid their working ar- ’ .5 rangemm :s.

Fence writing the ab »vj, the nocturnal depredator has neon eapt nd, convicted, and sentenced. This ver - r tlsfadorr rosn’t was brought about through he vigilance of Sergt. Dalv, who, on L'Vd.iy las, anprehonded near ins vocuc-cave resilience, lnirtecn miles on the void to Alexandra, the .vell-hnown off-nder Geung Ah Fd, On "'at r.lav hj > was brought before Mr Ward ni Bornn. The past, notorious chirai 'ter or Ah Fit—his having spent some time in gaol —and tho strong circumstantial evidenc—bavin; !e:t clear marcs o' his peculiarly miih'd bo.ts on.the ground—and havin ; on his persm sonv> "old an - , .vnring to that wlrcli the dim of Mr Bennetts yields, an easy cin victim was obtained. Mr All Fat will serve six iionths for vagrancy, and three months fur shilling gold from Mr Bcun-tts.