LOSS OF GOLD FROM AN ESCORT.

Evening Star, Issue 3631, 12 October 1874, Page 3

LOSS OF GOLD FROM AN ESCORT.

(from tht\Qipp» Land 'Tima, .August ty.)

■ , Considerable; eXciternent was mani- ’ , ted in’; Said ’ cm Saturday tporrxipg, had" been stolen ! from 1 the escot^ : w bibh a‘^'Y§d-|h® veqjng from Stockyard' rjCreek. i The following < are - authentic spitircd^ (; , ■ esqort., left. Jfkimerston.iat, § FrMay, . Constable, Noonan charge jas faci as Four-mile; (?re«k, ■ where' he ' yak ''relieved by -Conr sfaplb ! Byino J ’irom,! Xale,, and by Con-' stable Weateott; Mri .Walleny mahager of the Bank' df ‘Victoria' l at Fete hayand Mr j; gjina-i.of the.pack-horse. r Oa .reaching Safe.ata^uarkßr‘kO'l0 o’clock, GohStjible that one; .of .tha; ibagsi..of gold ..containing 400o«. was last,‘*atid'oil goingj, td the bank the sergeant ascertained from Mr thaf sQoz; fr'ein another bag missing false. . Mr,. WaUen also stated that the gold was placed in double linen hags, and packed in two cornsacks, and the loss was caused by these -pot being sufficiently strong to sustain such a weight. As .soon as the men haid partaken of some refreshments, Mr. fallen, Higgins, and Constables 3}yme,apd hartley, started back on fresh hprses, and searched unsuccessfully the old Port Albert road as far as Merriiman’s Creqk, end at daylight divided Mr^Walien and- Constable Byrne coming on towards Sale, wjhile Constables Martley and Higgins wlent towards Four-mile Creek. In the ,meantime, however, Senior-constable Irwamand Constable Wettcott had also started from Sale at daylight to assist the but met bn t|ip way , doYAr by Constable Byrne and Mr Wallen, .the former of whom conveyed intelligence that he lad pipkefl tiji the bag containing the 400oz. about eight, miles from S,ale and about twenty. yards- off the beaten track. Senior Constable Irwin, Constable IjVestcott, and Mr Wallen picked np a little gold in the punt-lane on Saturdajy,( and' Qonstable Westcott found a little Sunday, ( bnt the whole only amounts to 2oz. or 30z., so that out of the SO(MK., most of which is, fine • gold, at 47oz. are still missing.