ESCAPEE REARRESTED

Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1931, Page 8

ESCAPEE REARRESTED

11 l " SMART WORK HV AUCKLAND (i DETECTIVES. i* j- *' AUCKLAND, Jan. * 'len moiiilis ago an Australian, Reg- ” iald Kennedy, appeared in the Police Court oil a cliarge of theft. He was ~ ien..uidecl in Hie custody of the Sulvaiion Army and escaped the name day. No trace of him could be founu. , 'lbis morning he was eioveriy rc-a. d , . rested. Kennedy appealed before Air Cut o ten, S.AI., charged with stealing a cash j box containing money from a shop in Newton Road. The police asked for a remand so that inquiries' could be made about accused, and Captain e Holmes of the Salvation Army said 0 he was prepared to take accused into . the Army home until the police wtu. s ready to go on with the case. That night Kennedy escaped, and it is alleged that he took the cash box with* ._ him. Before Kennedy wais handed over tthe care of the Army his photograph and his finger prints were taken by Detective-Sergeant Issell. Two days after Kennedy’s escape, word came from Wellington that there was reason to suspect that according to the and finger 'prints, Kennedy wuS. the Kennedy known to the poilce in South Australia. Months passed and Kennedy could not be found. A few days ago, it is believed, lie came back to Auckland. An associate of Kennedy’s was watched by acting Detective Hamilton and followed to a house on College Hill. The detect)vo caught a glimpse of Kennedy but conic! not be certain of his identity. Detective-Sergeant Issell and Detectives Stevenson and Hamilton went to the house this morning. The Detective-»Sergeant picked his man and the rest was easy. r