WAIKINO TRAGEDY

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 185, 2 May 1940, Page 10

WAIKINO TRAGEDY

Police Arrest Young Man CHARGE OF MURDER (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 1. The Waikino tragedy took , a sensational turn at Waikino tonignt when the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Cummings, announced the arrest of Douglas Herbert Cartman, aged 22, a single man, on a charge of murdering Alice Elizabeth Hamilton at Waikino on April 2.

Accused was employed as a trucker at Martha Goldmine and was arrested by Detective-Sergeants Thompson and Walsh at 9 o’clock. Cartman will be brought before Justices of the Peace at the local court tomorrow morning, and Hie police will ask for a remand for him to appear m Auckland soon. For several days investigation has been conducted under the direct supervision of Mr. Cummings, and today Superintendent Cummings, of Auckland, was at Waikino to assist. Though Superintendent Cummings had not previously’ appeared on the scene, he had taken an active interest in the proceedings, and had made a series of valuable suggestions. It is understood that the police recently found an old motor-car with a damaged headlamp and a tiny piece ot flesh and hair 'adhering to the underneath part of the chassis. The car was in a garage and the police took possession of it.