Capture of an Outlaw.
..•■♦-—• ■-■ News has been received of the capture of Jimmy Governor, one ot the Breelong blacks outlawed for the Gili gandra murders. It appears that the outlaw robbed the hut of a man named Wallace. This man located the camp of the 1 black, which was watched by a party I of settlers till morning. I The black was then called on to surrender, but he immediately bolted. An exciting chase took place, and the murderer received a shot-gun wound in the back, but it was not serious. On being run down, he congratulated his capturers, and said that the police • •' could not capture a new-born calf."
I The man had a Winchester rifle in I his possession, but the breech was jambed. During the last few weeks he I had lived chiefly on honey, and was 'very weak. Joe Governor left the captured man on the 17th, hiding about fifty miles from where Jimmy Governor was run down.
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Manawatu Herald, 30 October 1900, Page 2
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162Capture of an Outlaw. Manawatu Herald, 30 October 1900, Page 2
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