ARMED ROBBERIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 7

ARMED ROBBERIES.

STICKING-UP CASES AT CBRISICifUBCm THREE MEN ARRESTED. , [BY TELEGRAPH.—rEESS'ASSOCIATION.] 1. - A • Christchurch,'. May 18. Tho police: made three arrests this morninj in connection with armed robberies tliat occurred in tho city early on Sunday morning. The description of their assailatits Supplied by, the victims of tlie sticking-up cases .were not voryj definite,v .but .they' caused s the suspicions of the'police to be directed towards, threb men, who haye been/living i dt Sumnor for somo days, and whose characters have been under suspicion. This morning, Detective Ward went to Sumnor, arid,,-with the of Constable , Hampton, who is stationed at Sum' ner,'arrested the three men. .'■■■ •;> Revolvers .were found in their possession, and it is" understood that there is other evidence.... . •

The three men : weredotsihed at Sumner, and early 1 this afternooii istejis were taken to 'giye' <ihe victims' pf the fobbSries an opto.' identify"; the iribii; Tildy rrero not. very 1 elbar ill their recdliectioiis of the features hnd: figures of-thbir. assailaiitsj owing to tho excitement uhdet- which'they had fiatilraliy. laboured at tile time, of the assault.' : ' -.. > :

dotention- ( of the three men fit Sumnor : was due . to'--'the' proin'pt :pblit<e Wdrk of Con-: stdljl6 iffiiinptpiij.'tlie. coiifetftble ill tshatge at seaside: resort;' He Lad bedii " keeping ; ■ an' eye," on tlie • threo .inen, ivlio were ; Ijachelorisifag together. : Tliey tferg Sbsent from-' their;,house'on; Salufday fct midiiighti' aiid.'oil Siihda}'. their clothes weh? hanging out' to dry,.bit dlbtheS'''lilies . These two ..facts .'led the pdlice .offiSer -to dOliiftiUnieate with,'thb, .Central, Police Statidffj aiid DeteotiyoWard; went to/ sets .'tils' tlitee,Suspects. '•^.The' threb : , men -Arrested. wereViivingj in a it the back of Suhiner, \ whScll^th3j',-lifid : rjiiltedi;and hitd been occupying for ,ov l br a':.week;: Oiie oFtlieiti comesfroiri jbHo North Island, itid has it bad police record," but tllb- dthers are uliiiiion'ii.. .Thby were arrested' by': Detectives , Ward and Conheil;, aiid :Cohstable liaiiijitoni and made no resistance: On being sbkrcliedj a fevolver was found upon one' of the men, and j;old ring '.which, had been taken ,|from briw.th"e.Jmehlield; r upi'."and which. : Vas .ddvertiKid f fdr'"this" morhing'iV'i '■ The 'accused were. taken to tho Sumnor , lock-up, and the • police then ..proceeded to, ; seartlv their house. . The, search resulted in the discovery -.of two keys) which were taken from One of their victims and thrown'' behind a ;tankj thrbe masks, orib .revolver, a ring,, and a quantity of. oiothirig)'; etc., Btoleii from • lipiise last week. ' ' ■ - ' - Later., |V The i ; of. the' men. who wero. arrested [,aib, 'SjUinoer,; yesterday .fafteriioon. in :,.cqrinco-,. ..tijijp,; ii«b^n7V.ca^B.';.aW> Janiesl'Keee m,; Joseph ; Eyaiis, : and vFrankBolton.All', the- particulars regai\lirig:them yet .availMlbj\but it , is understood , that. ono .of 1 them "is ■ fromAuckland, aiid another' of .them ; from Wel-I jlingtou. ...The necessary inqitlrieS are being-,-made into the aritecedpiits of cacli; ; 1 For ■ 'several days.past,they .Mve been,dScupying : a : .til..tiieir:'. 'dppearahd'e.i. br' tiiei?Kabits - t[Uos'tibiiß.Jil ; tlie, niiiid ,bf doiistable-Hafiipton, iwhb 'is iiiibliafp BuiMhdr, Siid frlib kept . itneffi liiidbf a certain afioiiiit Of sUfjeiJlanco. Oii-lbaffiiiig of :wliat. : h!vd" odfiiirfed "lii', tho ■ city: : ori; SUiidfty. ihorniiigi Cohstablo flahiptoli commuiijGtttSd with . lieadqliartes-, ' eiirly yesterday, inoriiiiig,, fritn. the result- , tliat Detectiv6 : "\Van:l .. iviis dispatelied to aiid v 'iiltiihatfeiy!'effected '.tlie - firrest.fof ithe't-lifcel n?en;At,!the''-. Magistrate's Coiirt thiS ii'ioftiirig the; three will be.chatgcd with liarhlg OTmiiiittecl highway fbbberfji.but the. riot- be, a refliand 'will be ftif.'.'. 1 lt ? lS, ilnMsWwd---that tlib gtfeatfer.jitjftidii Bf th.e {Iro[ya'rty, of- ■: w'liicli -porSoUs' Who wer<i stiifik ilp' 611 Sun- ; day moriiirtgiVere fbMbly;depmedj"ihas been rerdv.pVbd. ' 1 ' „ '\ . - li'roiil thd.ilihnlM-, ill' wlilell .the. offences of? gtintlay jjndfßlfig', n'etß PSftiiliilkKl, tepeci.•illy,'tho dfcteiititidtta AV'dV.ift Jvltidlt the as. siilafits . bfodticed afid;. fldliu-ifebed _ their ro», Vblvorsj .'ft : .'siirriiisid that they are not', practical hands fit highway folJberi?. < 'BAILED UPi • THREE AJs 7 D A R^VOLVIiIR. : . To-day a ." Truthreporter beard a cirbumstantiSi Teport of ahdtlidlfitidkiiig iilp n - ( . oAso friiidh is_.juppbsed.. to: lidW. happened r last night., •-The Hetatls feh-en ( to a local • ilUrSeFyih&ii byj tllo fflte 'who, alleged , ho Was;t!io,yictifii df.tliß affiiifr'.Tnb man, : fetatfed "that -lie'.;wiig going to jaee< A His' j wife - b&inihg. ffbm- bhurch laH t bvbliingi; ■ Between 8 .and ? o'clock;; in,the vicinity.of. the South ■Beit aiid'Lincoln Roadj jib was hailed up by a : ■ liiari. ,wlio- ( asked. him" for- ,a ;matbh._ , ,-Tlio stranger:, followed .tip i tlds. request : ifith an- : " a feplied.that he : . had. jiot f got one,: ; this juno-. ,ture two niofo meil appeared'-on ; , the scene -.' ;(dno of tliem. holding a 1 :revolvef)j aiid the , •three. of" thein; proceeded,; to "hustlo" him ■ 'into-tlie-park'i r fhcy,t.llei). made hiiii gtand up against a .tree,: apd nlio. hold ,liis , liniitls behind' his back while- the otliers ;-§e4Khed his pockets. Tlie 'search was. ulirerfflineraiivo, howej'er, .-for tlie victiin of the outrage had, no , money, in' his posS6s§i6h, : aiid lib': waa allowed to proneed on- his wttyj tho men ■ hurriedly decSifipihg.-. .. . ' V Tha;poli6o ifire' uniisiially vigilant,' arid ara . patedTlilig the bity.at nights m plncea out of- : tlioirordiMi'y ibeitts!^'^('' ; :, v-f;-; IMPIiQENT ROBBEfIYi , JBWELLBItY-VALUED: AT £100 STOLEN; 'One of the most lhipildeiit and successful robberies recorded in (JlinstcliUwli of recent ,ybarS ,Tva§ Naccbmplislied . early l ;dd"> Saturday 'evbn'ingrßufglars entered', the; hblise jsitijated in Webb Stretitj off Papanui Road, .Occupied ■ ■byHi - : Jackson,'i locomotive engineer at 'Addingtoiij • and secured a - naul in cashand jewellery valued at £100. It is believed: that the hoitse was . entered shortly before 7 ' o'clock,- when Mr. and Mrs. vJackson- and 'members of the^t. family were at dinner, ffhe , jewellery pas contained iti a sandalwood ,box, 'wltiSli 'fr'as lying on Mrs.; Jackson's dressing- . tablorin: a. largo, bedroom , situated, in tho 'upper 'part'-of tub house.' Tho.burglars miisb. havo worked with, remarkable'expedition, and probably with a khowledgo of tho place in . .which the .jewellery was to bo fouiitl. Mrs. Jaeksoii^" visitetly tho robni. In wliiuli a ehdd was sleeping) at " aboilt twetity hiiiultes to seveii,;aiid-'„at" i that_ tnno nothing,had been distiirbedi '"Teli' . iriiinites later; ; when sho ' again went; to the room,- tlio pi ace li rikl, been 'ransacked;: ! ,Th6'missing' jewellery consists'of ehdiiis; brboblies,:peiidaiits, btcV :