ESCORT ROBBERY AT CLYDE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 80, 19 August 1870, Page 3

ESCORT ROBBERY AT CLYDE.

DISCOVERT or the* TEEA JIFKE. ; ar.A 9.:rAA>j. APPBEHENSIOiS* op *kb iIOBBEE, £ ' , i <i ; 'V . 5 -?* itppearef'^8 r aii exffca' on Tuesday last:.— J The robbery o£&ie „by.- the Government escort officials in the lock-up, C T lyde, ; a i fortnight ago, took the inhabitants, of the district, as well as .wrhole. v pe(jple > of vinee, by surprise. --Well planned, secretly- e-xecuted,' .cleverly : 'deposited, Meje undoubtedly features of this starts lin<* immediate details, which even experienced' Experts were astonished at ; as to .subtilty and * ramifications onj the .spur of . the, moment* But, as tlie general belief,, after the chief inc; ients, of .the burglary, were developed: and exposed,_ was thatparties only vyell aeguaintej with, tlie camp and ij^.^yJ!f^ttis' «o.u)<l -Well. deal, with the t4osie.an^me.raUy i ,ttnJmown. : conjdition of.the doors whose locks secured <tl§e wotild Also leave nb trace behind" theih if the attenipt were successfully, carried ;oiit. Up to "Sug;day last the, almost universal belief prevailed; that: the stolen treasure had" been ' lost, for ever, In r the meantime, 'how: ever, tfie-'ittiitlii'drtiW' they had sent the nien ,9f. the police defective departments on the ground to try and worm out .with with which«the" robbery and t *; Would indeed, have, beeareinaVkable if no link ' traceaSle to the- perpetrator of,, this unexpected crime ' was- discovered amongst so ipany of our peace conservators cKme 'detectors" as had as kse&bledL on .the X)unstan lasi. ; bni it was not until Friday that: the lightesti.rumor. prevailed ; as to the'probability of their ultimate success; From information received at Clyde it would appear that a man was seen, about £ o'clock on.Mpnday .morning. 6th on the track leading from Gentle Annie (near Cook-Sf.store) towards the Arrow, He had a fire lighted, and- showed the appearance of fatigue; close by him there 'was 'a horse grazin!g,~ travelstained, and evidently knocked up. *This man afterwards proceeded towards the Airrow, and when seen by informant |in the distance lay flat down on .his face, as if to avoid identification On receiving this information- on' Friday last, mounted-constables Smith, Hunt, ; M'Gann were despatched.along the %>a3 to make enquiries as to the truth of trie report,, to diacover the individual who thus wished to avoid observation. They first came'upon the spot where the alleged fire had been kindledj and, upon raking over the asheß, discovered first the charred chock-strop ,of,a. bridle, tied; round' with, .a-.shoe-maker's wax end, - .bristlei attached. This was indeed a discovery—the first link of .the chain- :by ; indfißtrj i and perseverance : brought ! the! "crime itself home to the perpetrator. of ;the deed? Further search divulged the ;: bridletbit hid beneath a atone, and the burnt fragments, of.a-pair of moleskir , trousers.- With these slight clues ic their possession tlife'''•ccjistiblei"'pro. ceeded to Arrowtown., Arrived there enquiries were made witVsll necessary •secrecy respecting the owner of th< bridle, the relics of which were in theii hands. The right- man. was at J lengtl: found. vX. saddler identified the bit anc 1 portion of the bridle' as belonging to him. He had let his shop to one ! Geo i Rennie, a shoemaker, a short itime- be fore, and; an old bridle in' thi ;;back- room as beingj. worVoJess. , ..Link now followed link;; .Rennie was visited .in.the s'lop and was quietly spoken <( by constable Smith relative to his horse •The ; Answers were not satisfactory, ant] ! Were quickly p.rbyed to. be false ; there 'upon ne was "arrested on ; , suspicion 5. o: having committed the robbery. This was at one o'clock last Sunday morning, |he 14th insfc 'Prisoner was; thei ; and 8 o'clock the same morning he was , taken. Out: to wash, and • again • of the'robbferyat Clyde, when he con jfessed tpie crime* and volunteered"* al necessaty . information - . tlu of the, hidden ( treasure.;... Iff caused supposed to contain -20 i ounces of and a large- til . bank jiotes, (the only parcel retained ir ' liisy ipimediafe possession), ' to! '.tie' d,4 . livered oyer to the police. A. telegram was at once despatched to the- ChieJ Commissioner at Clyde, apprising'h'irr of Bennie's apprehension and . . won. Accompanied "by Sub-jnspectoi Percy, and a strong body of mounted

-police-Tfrur towards ArrcvH(AyJr%>r'uemer kl'S '- fWe^n.. Clyde aiiiT-'^te v '4^nn«r'"lvl e£ r # - By jbbi&itjmeit .^as. 'eleyeif o'clock at t,airtL me .for'tlV6 s^T^S%: iVoV'C- v 1 'e6irimeiifed. ~;It wa.f dark 'Vaen the gold bags were bidden, it was - witll .difE/: ulf.y th'ff y r; L h-_ ber .could but at the search was cota;,leted. and .'the hidden Fi •' were J.Quad pi*, the r«£.p£-fe|}rtsj?i- ----| piece, covered over vri 'h'« tones r one sh*! the. Vvom&eW t j4bout two miles furthtM-o*'tte other 3 X.. |; were picked u^>. T - Thus, the e [ jiras at length- ~ fevered,., i with the exception ■af;some..Bo,«di.invcs, j which, ( ar^ .to f ,baye -iked, through the bag Vhiuh .Kc^^carrioa"'" home, and a parcel- of bank note* oiaicd to haw%lfc» l btfer Grentffc Ariaiei 'Xv. " aW-ident, It took- the seatfeh partK froiri 11 p.m. cb. -Sunday, to -3,. a.ig,. on. 'Monday.to jßriisbTtjWir task,'after w-li.'h they returned to; Ckdje-: • Weimay mention that a ufcm by r of -ch e.; p olicfx ; £'i>.piie r rested in Naseby on juspiciofl of conv T plu-ity in t s te :robbery ): aU!jo refuses to admit having had any aci'omplices be allowed that too'-miu-ii 'credit eanr-o* be given tro the three tbro*.;nr whose iusfcrmrfeWiQftty ure has been recovered.. JL-.^