ROBBERY ON THE HIGH SEAS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 369, 21 April 1910, Page 5

ROBBERY ON THE HIGH SEAS

SMART WORK BY ])KTK<.TIV'.>X By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Miss Ethel .Miles.. daughter of Mr. 11. Miles, manager at Wellington for Murray, Roberts and Co., was the victim of a daring robbery committed at sea 011 April i). Mks Miles left by the Moeraki on April 8 for Sydney, en. route for Europe. On the following day a suit case was stolen from her cabin. It contained jewellery, silverware and money, value at about ,t'J2O. ilias Miles reported the loss to the <-:>ptain. but a search of the vessel failed to locate, the property. When the Moeraki arrived at Sydney, the .police were informed, but they were unable to find' either the goods or the culprit. When the steamer reached the Heads to-dav, on her return to Wellington, Detectives Andrews ami Lewis went aboard while the Moeraki lay in the stream. Tliey made a thorough search without success. The vessel tnen came alongside the wharf, and. not being satisfied with their investigations, the detectives made another search. So member of the crew was allowed to go ashore. For two hours' the police, officers searched all parts of the vessel, ineluding the stokehold. In the fo'casfcle they discovered a small box of the missing jewellery tied up in the leg of a • .pair of underpants belonging to Joseph Walker, a trimmer! A search of his box revealed more of the missing jewellery, and shortly afterwards a greater part of the stolen goods was recovered. Walker was arrested, and will be charged at the Magistrate's Court tomorrow morning with the theft of the jewellery, etc., on the high sens. ITe is a native of Victoria, and twenty-four years of age.