ON A LOSER

NZ Truth, Issue 1202, 13 December 1928, Page 7

ON A LOSER

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valueless they were arrested and charge.4 with obtaining goods by false pretences. When first arrested they gave the names of Kitching and Stewart, but later they said their names were Newman and Stoner, and these latter are thought to be correct. Whether or not these men are responsible for the hold-up of Sam Henderson, his wife, Len and Eric Manson, and Gporge Holland m the early hours of the morning of November 27, has, to be determined. They have been charged with this offence and m due course will stand their trial. The faces of the men who staged the hold-up were masked m crepe sufficiently to conceal their features, so the identification clues are slender, beyond the fact that one of the men had an American accent. Mysterious circumstances surround some mien who rented a furnished house m Epsom In the name of Stewart. The advent of these tenants created some comment among neighbors owing to the liberal orders for groceries and other household goods that were placed with local shopkeepers. Further comment was occasioned by the parties they held, often extending far into the night. Without disclosing anything about themselves, these men managed to attract a small coterie of friends round them and the parties were merry affairs. In the early morning after the night of -the" hold-up a car which had Tjeen seen frequently at the house returned. During the following night the two men disappeared. That was the last that was seen of them m the district. Grocers and other tradesmen were left lamenting. Big bills for the most expensive foods end other luxuries had been incurred. Cadoux, the owner of the, bungalow which the men rented at I}, Liverpool Street, Epsom... was satisfied with their credentials as to financial standIng before he agreed to let the house, AO4 i| jf*» when tha two newly-arrived