THE STEAMER INDIA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 11, 11 May 1881, Page 2

THE STEAMER INDIA.

A Melbourne telegram says : — Henderson, the ostensible owner of the India aliis Ferret, steamer, made a statement when arrested. He gave the name of George Bolton. It seems his movements have been traced by De'cctivp Mackay up ti the time of his arrest. . Cap! nin Wright was -rrested on Saturday in a h*)use in Londsdale-street on two charges, one of threatening to shoot his landlady, the other of unlawfully aud fraudulently altcritg a certain agreement made and sinned by him as master of the India. Detectives with Customs officer-* on overhauling Henderson's luggage found 626 sovereigns, some plate, about £8000 worth of bills on London and elsewhere, besides Brazilian notes, £800 worth Brazilian coin, documents relating to bills dated from Capetown, Brazil ; also, account sales of the cargo of coffee broug'.t from Santos to the Cape. The value of the coffee was over £10,000. Bills were given on the Standard Bank, London, for £8000, while £2000 were paid to Henderson in cash. A quantity of ammunition was also found aboard. The India is a vessel with burden of 347 tons, built for Bpeed. Her appointments in the cabins are perfect. It appears she was intended for pleasure rather tban trade. The crew consists of eighteen men and four officers, who are all remarkably reticent. The vessel is built of iron. She has powerful engines, being able to travel sixteen or seventeen miles an hour. A telegram has been received from the owners of the steamer Ferret, empowerinsr Messrs Woolley aod Co. to take possession of the vessel. Henderson, the reputed owner, when arrested at Longwood, had £130 on his person and drafts and bills for the whole. The crew will be arrested for comp icity in the fraud. Captain "Wright was brought up yeste day and remanded till Mon r day. A book containing a special cypher code has been found on board tbe vessel, intended to convey to persons in England full information of the movements of the steamer. One was as follows : — "Game is up ; all discovered. Destroy or hide evervttiing. Make yourselves scarce. Communicate with me through arranged channel" It is probable that Constable Davidson who first gave information about the India will be rewarded by the owners.