DARING GOLD ROBBERY AT COAL CREEK FLAT.

Evening Star, Issue 3016, 18 October 1872, Page 3

DARING GOLD ROBBERY AT COAL CREEK FLAT.

Considerable excitement has been aroused by the most daring gold robbery of which it has been the scene during the last few days. The sufferers by these audacious acts are diggers who reside upon the Flat, and whose claims border upon the Molyneux, -the first who suff>rod w-as Anderson, Snell and Co ,s party, whose boxes were cleaned out, and nearly 2 cwt. of auriferous sand carried off. Last F. iday night the new claim of Mr Joseph Tamblyu, wilich had been prepared for wash-up on the next day, was found, Saturday morning came, to have already undergone that operation. Noways daunted, however, by the suspicion which it must have been evident to himself he nad aroused, the thief pursued his nefarious course, and, on luesday night, came upon the claim of Mr Richard Bennetts, which was ready for a wash-up on the next day. There he cooly turned on the water, cleaned out the boxes, and left things in such an orderly and workmanlike manner as not only to indicate considerable skill, but to point suspicion towards one who has a complete knowledge of the claims, their owners, and their working arrangements. Since writing the above, the nocturnal dedepredator has been captured, convicted, and sentenced. This very satisfactory result was brought about through the vigdance of Sergeant Daly, who, on Friday last, apprehended near bis rock-cave residence, fourteen miles on the road to Alexandra, the wellknown offender Geong Ah Fat. On Saturday ho was brought before Mr Warden Borton, and then received six months for vagrancy, and three months for stealing gold from Mr Bennetts. —Tuapeka Times.

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