PLUCKY CONSTABLE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 337, 26 September 1932, Page 2

PLUCKY CONSTABLE

TH1R1IEEN YEAR OLD SYDNEY j MURDER CASE ! ' RECAuLED. CONVICTED MAN NOW FREE. Sydncy, Saturday. A crime of thirteen years ago ha.Loen retalled by the rjlease on license from Long Bay Gaol oi' Edwaiv j ("Slack'') O'Brien, 49. 1 In broad daylight on Chrisimas Evc 1919, O'Brien shot dead a returnei scldler, G. F. Long, during a quarrc. ! in Ro'oin Ilood Lane, oi? Pelican Lane, _ Surry Hills. i A witness of the shooting was t. 1 yonng constable, A. L. Iviichacl, who ; was olf duty and in plain clothes. Michael showed remarkaole pluck ain resource by ohasing O'Brien, wh(. I turned and fired. The tirst bulle i struck Michael, passing through the i ncck and lodging in the chin. | Michael clamly removed the bulle • and poeketed it as an exhibit in the i s.cnsational trial which followed. j Michael continued Lhe chase, al j though totally unarmed. Finally hc overtook his man, wrenched the pistoi from his grasp, and had him under ar resi. O'Brien was indicled for murder ' Lut was convieted oi manslaughte. and senLeneed to 15 years' gaol. Hh appeals to the Full axi High Court. ia:ied. On his discharge from Long Ba/ j Gaoi, prison authorities placed hin on a steamer for another Stato. He must remain awav from Nev. , South Wales for two vears.