THE BANK SHOOTING

Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1931, Page 2

THE BANK SHOOTING

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; ■j\.trCia J AND, 'K;orember 25. The phot dead at- the Remuera branch/pt.:the; Bank of New .Zealand, at midday yesterday, has •. been identiWhen -fihp . police, ■■■,/searched Coulton’s , t effects in an' apartment ;• house, .this *■* morning, they •; Ascertained that his 7 a name was rjOis>va][d' Lawrence • Goulton, I® bis .fVther;lives in Sydney. : ; •'Oh‘October 1929, he gained a civil r aviation : pilot’s ’ '-certificate at Melt> bourne. ;''He had. told * a city business t** man hehad inteudedto tackle the Aus-tralia.-to,.'England flyang record, but ibis ■ft father had Tef Used to finance him. ,| ~ iheluded•.amongst iris effects was: a :fSJ film, sceparip, Ah' his .handwriting, ■ en* >i 0 "titled‘‘Scotland Yard and the Under- % world,” dealing: with a hoi'd-up at a r bank. " -V'.. * ■' h ® - h° rwwe<i ' three shillings from hjß landlady, •sayihg^hejwfs;going to, the bank, . and. % when he: returned, he would be able '■ r >tb,'/rap6yythd also pay . a \ :a week's, board! ■. / ! f ' : , ' Pa i .. ,Xt .-wasv.alsp' ascertained ..that Coni-. J ton;', for:;«igh^€nv months, worked on a S * *f|ipm'<’ ; at 'l-,',tagakur‘a,-;! near Auckland, ty'^hSrt--ha' ; wa»: : 'wali-knowh and' popu*

witness alt the inquest to-day.said f '<i‘ that:(Joulton',stayed;'fit- the„same .apart-' : told him that he ", idjhjitraiihji' ind '•', his • people lud e. sheep station iii the Upiper Hunteyvdistnct'of -New.,",South Wales. Coul-hon^’wa.s-^"■year's;of age. He agreed, to : btiy> aC used ' car fri>m/witness ; ■ for • wanted tb take, the' car. with-. outip»y>ng a ; deposit,., but witness x:e- ---■ fußed. ::C.oulton 'yws to A.toeet ■ witness <«.: “i v^^Vdayl';; Wi'ineiss - - gave him, ,an opportiinityV to ■ cancel , the purchase proposal,? but, Ooulton -said ', that- he was’ ag ; -,he. ; '>Stpected a cheque.- ./< •; •< [ The'': was 'idjourned sine die, "'p/ INQUIRY AT MONTR'EAX. , m - , VANCOUVER, November 34. I '' ’ The of Nfontreal is;' unable t 9: | u identify AlL.Harding .in connection with. | the'.Auckland; shobtihg.' !•'. K | ■ "p-:) MAN. WITH A RECORD. ■. \ | WHAT WERE OOULTON’S OTHER | ; ;A-’l /■■ •- v;:.

i ;V,': V .' ' AUOKLANpi, November' 25. | ---'.The Auckland.. police •■.believe that. | the .dojid .hank robber, Coulton', had I a record in Australia. They are re--1 ticetjljjl’jhut,, ,it iß,understood .. that 'soirie. | of 'the! documents found among the | daddwed’sA | airpilot's, fcertifloft'te;' may 'prove . not f genuine, 1 ;./ ; ,;,Tho:'-demWnr„.pf' '■ the.... inveatigatI ing. : 4et^tiv'(p3, : 'tuggifatf, that, they are I ok bf.;- an importaht dis-. | coVeryi .-.'wh’ich i inayAlink up Coultop | withi'‘otheri 'i'eoeait crimes ih,. Auckland. \ ’ POLICE iREPORT. I ~®ewived tliia day at '9.2-v a.m) I .. -'i.i ; : . SYDNEY, November .26. , j* ; A Pdlioe -hendquirtera at Sydney refefrikg “to -the' victim of tHe Remuera bank aay a man named Oswald ■Lawrehcb: .Coxjlton :was . convicted ■ .at {Singleton, .Now. South Wales; for : forgery and uttering, on: 24th July, 1929, and waa' eenteaced to two years’ gaol. There wqre ? no other convictions. T.he police are‘ : unable to account ,'fo r the .Remuera victim possessing an airplane pilot’s license issUed. ih\, iMelbourne in 1929, which: is the same year as the ’ conviction at Singleton, ' ■.. .'■

VICTIM’S FATHER INTERVIEWED, 'vV; V;. SYDNEY) November 26.

Interviewed nt his home at Arncliffe : suburbs to-night, Oswald Coulton, father if of v ßemuera -victim; said the news of | the tragic >ffair oni'y reached him this £ afternoon'. His mother was prostrated f with grief. His son never missed a t mail? ; wifh * letter. J3e was a ; particuj Jariy fright bby at school, but became ■r Ti>ionary and wanted to set the world

aflame with'his name aa a writer or an | airman. He -was always writing verse , or' little plays, but seemed to. have no f euccess. He. turned his attention to f: flying and secured a second class pilot’s certificate, but “I was.unable to finance his long flights. He possibly became despondent -and now has paid a terrible penalty for his, madcap action in New Zealand.