THE MISSING MAN, KANE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 87, 10 August 1878, Page 2

THE MISSING MAN, KANE.

-In consequence of tfife "attrition whicK we iiave drawn tolthe subject, >w6- i Sh3^v thai inquiries respecting the~mjsteripus disappearahde . .ioi^rPeter KEah l^ havi! beeji diligently pursued by the Hawkes* __ Bay (Police, under vfche flire^tibn of Ijin-^T spedtpr .Scully, and =we ' haT^^jbeen^in- „ - formed ;&af£he haSt received a cpnlsjd.orr J ~ able* n^nftyer b£ repoicfes irpm the* qpn* s : stables told pff^|oc thq^dfffc^.: ; . howeyer, "somewhat ; inclined; ib-/thinfc ; • that very little confidence can ?b> placed; Tf m the^ir yeiiftbiliiy, and ;Uppnins;jec^OftT they will be ; found more .or v|tess conr>£. flicting. L lii last Saturday's issue we pubUshed.aitelegjam^o the effQcfeitb.aVD the police had : ascertained that Kan© waslat Hunter's Station* £on, the JPorangahau 9^the -^fcK of ;j^y^)nber^ "white *'^e^TWooNdvUl 6^murder^<^curr€!d on tbee 23rd/ aiidVagain f -that^pn^the i^^^rjpf^ December, "or '- three ;^ weets^ ( after fn» ; dea.^h bf.Qllandt, Kane"was' at Oaptaia , Kewman!s jirlirigfon t Station^- JChatin-^.^ formatipn has been further supplemenjted by the fdllowihgi-^ stipplied4o=th& ■? i w Hawkes' Bay Herald," by the police. - ■>• On the of Juno;lßWiV ne sold & horse to Mrr^^ He has beeii "next Jacket! to Mr Nairn's stit(bn at Pourcrerb/whereMie went to shear !OPi 'iSepiemberjj- dB7?L^ He lef^lbKafc station oa theds^o&JNxjW: x venaber, Jand ; wentj to sheto- ;,at JIVEr?f Hunter's Porangahau? and leftron thOf^^ 2Othtpf ; rQio /saino .;• months -Her lad horse,it-and ;ifc ; is v scarcely ._!»' possibJeTM .eould /rhaye :reapb^daWVsbd^:l ' yilleibyihei 2anoV^Nbyeii^e]^he/.dittj oii:^ whick Ollandt .^Su-murderedi^ KandrJ y appears to have reaohed_J!ii ■ Nairh-*» statibn at Pourcrere .qnthe^ same, day that! he lef^l^^u^s- "pc^. fp* Kari&'s wife receiyed •a 1 -le£te*r}ffom him, -V ■datea from Mr If airn'sr^e: 20th Nb^ v emb eMo©&isil abotit^OOi^ltes^iiroittov' there to WbodvUle, again tr wbulaiiiidicatßat jasi'impdissibj^iKaPi^i^ could fhdEe;: g^fc'Jtoii^obdriUev <by. J^hov^f22nd|of the same month. If, besides/^ . the lnfonnation-obtaiaed— by -Sergeant—M'Griivg ■ of Waipawa, is r^orrec^j all i specdlatipn on^e subject of coiinecting : I the :4wpe.aFan^. WooSy ulgmurder, is at anend^ o, i M'Guue^!spbss£ t&?tt ' M Aatijed -afe "^ CaptainV^e^man'g;; Arl|ngto^taiap.n^ > ; and was; inferaied;^ i^at^E^nC" cai|e3: ;•,., there] pn^ih^'l^^^^ told a^m^.fpamftd: : Dunn3hat^i^ ;■;?■_. going! tiir^iigK' ; ijKe ;^r{y\M}jp,lsiwb.]^V; •, shear: at -'ft^s^ti6)i(^fta ; r.th'4^Manajffasff il Gorg^.^and I Mosi l^erpj^intgrapftr;^ . going] on l;o J EangiK^ not get any sliearing Ihere ne'-woula^gO' ;. ph to Bulls. Ka^fSa^rpreTipuslyr^ai^rt .-that lie to} papier to^utliis monet m ai)AnfcuTfe 'i e Pß^fes e^#J^ s it quite but' of ffie^qii'estipAp^t Kano : met with foul play aY the JVroodville: accpnjnipdation hous.e^ fprvatjthe time: he idt,^riiipgiipn , . Jsfcajtion Ithpt; acepm^ : '•■ modalibn house * was 'shur up^. flt'^i^-:.^. suggested by Constable*.. thM Kane I got Iqs^ j^^h^b^h,; aadtiierftjlrj died, find 4 th'al'appeafs io-Jhe.: 'a very probable solution ott3ie inaAie^^fF^yai fa^private^ ledra^ .thatsinae . the publication of ;the above Sergeant M'Guii'e .:, has .ascertained rthat iri^nc (j answering "the 'desoriptipn rot Wttine ~ deposited £2v7 m the jßtank pi,.. l lsJßm.._- : ZvalandJiat I < : the -Slstr r - Heptember, and withdrew :itvontho 3}9th of October. If there is any truth m this information— it certainly -woiridt;— appear an unaccountable \>tep. .Why. I, •a manlwnbTwas wandering abou;t^-"anck ; ' x known] to be m pos^essipn^pf-.. eight times that amount would, contrary to» his u?ual custom, bank a small^pj*, r tipn of his nidneyi jneed^i espltfnation^ 1 ; and leads us to the supposition, that from |he very - start tjie: police :liave- ' ■■- been on the wrong track—. lt is asserted jtjiat on. the? 22nd .pf J«neA-18$ r i |r - v i Kane sold his" librae to, Mr Montoith. y of Wbjodville, and m order, tpltest tfte V ■identity of the seller, whb^is:^sup«<- • posed ; to-be jfcha missing - man; haye obtained all the particjilars 'of <i^:---'.', : ; animal- Addon by* him on ■nis^departure fijoin Sandon. _He was mounted, on a black gelding \ :of . strong build» | about nine yehrs pld^ and; branded | jJW" ;bxi: off shoulder; If,; Uierofore, [■Mr Mbnteith is still-in possession of the auimal, and the.marlis correspond, , then : the identity must be admitted. In addition tb the ajbove partiduturs, we may state that Kane carried. ;at large sized silver hunting watch, whic|i r he had cleaned, about three yea js and

„..jBl )ial|i si.nee by. Mr Morris, wajch,of ; .Wauganui> t ; who posiblj"""inigfe give the police the ; mynxber. The watch wa«L-Si?rured. by a- pieco bf ec &fts {J?4^1 T Pf a : chaia<; -BeEbre cobcludingv;weV ; wish.. to cprrec^an errpv whigh fr we T maile when, T first" referring to'^the^miitteri "* Wo stated that since hia,las^ T(^ep^Eti|r(i : ;th.p r missing rn^in ♦iiadftlgTtlkriy fbVw-arde'd: money hpirte. This ; wo find to be a' mistake, f^ althat :7ras his previous- custotti, **^ oh" tlio^ last ■joct-asibh on writing to Mrs Kane, he informed., it was* npt worth while doing so, intending to be 6tifeomftsa.!lian i early date,- and directin£,-if she were bard to sell some ar.tjcje, o o,£, stock, to,. meet immediate \TTKnts : /'~En" tlrd^ -/fncfei b'f those facts it^certaiqlv;does appear as if the - statement bf '^odgin|; "the money at Waipawa was riot correct. r • . TiiiT. :;!uu i:-Y^ v:..Vt&--'' "■■ . . :