WERAROA ESCAPEES.

Otaki Mail, 22 February 1922, Page 2

WERAROA ESCAPEES.

KECAPJUHED IN PALMERSTON. Wilt’ll tdl was quid oil Die lugbl it 4" ml ay, the JTiU insl., lieuben cunts \\ unlock mid Norman I'atii Ne.~bit (It., tripped light.!} awuj trout Die \\ ertU'oa Training Faun, and beaded ior Palmerston North. 1 ivy possessed only what the} stood up ill, and it was but natural it icy siioum endeavout to change their appearance no mailer how h ila= done. On ilio lolloping morning Nosbit took upon hnnsell a change ol identity tuid an alias and as a nephew of Ur. E. t.. Barnett, ol Palmerston North, entered Messrs. C. M. Boss and UO."= cstublishment in the square. lie iosumed a most confident air and employed a most convincing tongue, so the assistant .charged up to the doctor clothing to the value ol £2 Warnock then played me pan oi his uncles nephew"" in Messrs. ifiui’-i:-Stein Bios.'s shop, atut was equanv successful, leaving the simp with a lair-sized parcel. At 7.J0 o’clock > n ■Sunday mornuig the pair strolled along Broad .'Street towards the Homan Catholic Church, hut with no in

teiiUon.-; oi seeking teliei lioiu guil’.} consciences. busload, tiiey cast expert eyes over several bicycles within Uie church yard, and having chosen a couple ol reliable looking conveyances—m fact, one was almost new—they mounted them and rode away in the coolest manner unagiirahie. While the owners of the missing machines were occupied in a vaui search, the rulers were well on the road to FeiiUmg. Wdieu Feiidiiig shopkee]jers threw open their doors on Monday morning the young adventurers io came seized with the idea uiai they were either related to, or intimately acquainted with Mr F. J. Mann, a local hutcliei. Thus obsessed, they matched into Messrs. Mourner, Thomson arm Uo.'s drapery snop and declared their needs, adding that Mr Mann, who had ‘'sent them along to this particular shop, would loot die mil. ui course, Mr Mann’s name was good, and it was also a good Eii worth oi aii manner ol wearing epparel which accompanied the pair from the sitop. panama hats, shuts, collars, iia>, socks and bigger items were included, as well as something to put them in. Mr Mann's name was then successiuhy used hy Nesbit, who procured a pair oi boots from Messrs. Hannah and Lo.’s shop. Their Fending season was drawn to a close with a robbery act. Nesbit entered a dwelling-house, ins partner being on look-out duty, and the former later produced the spuds a necklace, wristlet watch, ring, ten twopenny stamps, two "kercidels and a sum *; i money. Tuesday morning they decided to return to Palmerston North, and bidding emeu to a very accommodating community, boarded a .axicar. But ft came to the ears ox i>e-tective-Sergeant Qufriie oi Palmerston North, that the pair overe travelling south, and coaid be expected shortly. Something nan evtaenuy leaked out in Feiiding- Detective Quirke. to the ordinary observer, appeared to be having a slack time, 1 >r tie wandered about the Square, imo widen aii roads run. apparently the most disinterested person" m town. Qp-igre long, however, a car appeared

which interested -him

vehiole was stopped, a few words passed, ana me detective made the third passenger, all en route for the police station. Here practically all the missing goods were unloaded, and their owners also. The bicycles are still in Fending in me possession’ of the police.—Palmerston Timer