The Law's Long Arm

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 19, 10 June 1914, Page 5

The Law's Long Arm

A BURtiLAR BBOUUHT TO BOOK. A TliiißE-\ EAR-OLD CRIME. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Ltt&t Three years ago there was* a myrteri-,.. ous robbery in Auckland, the prcmiws of Fritz Larsen, lapidist, being broken into on April 23, 1911, and 109 greenstone earrings, valued at £BO, stolen. ,*' The robbery baflicd tne police all " through, an! the arm of th» Uw wm not long enough to capture the culprit. • On June 1 of this year, however, Detec*' tivc-Sergcant Mcllvcney and Detective \ Barley arrested a man, Jame&l Faulkner (wiili several aliases), on «. charge of i having house-breaiv.iig tools in his pos- - ' session. He was b.fore the Wellington Magistrate next day, and was remanded till to-morrow. ' . ■ .■ In the meantime, the local detectives have been busy puttin? the thread* of ft long! story together, with thai result • that in Faulkner s possession were found ■ 30 greenstone car-drops. These are al- *' leged to be part of the one hundred stolen from Lawen's shop in Auckland ■ three years ago. Faulkner will be Jje- ; fore the court again tomorrow, and besides the.charge.of having been found with burglar's tools, he will be charged " with having stolen the eaf-drops.