A DETECTIVE HAD.
In an article on the trial of Butler for the murder of the Dewars the • un -11 • i correspondent of the Cromwell writes:—" To conclude, let me add a story about Butler that has not vet, I imagine, appeared in print. When the police in Dnnedin ware af er him for the robberies at Bishop Moran's and elsewhere, they d'd nut even iu>W the appearance of the individual "hey sought, although they knew his name well enough and character Eventually, with the iielp of someone who had known h hi up-country, tie? detectives arrested him on Saturday night in the stidls of the Queen's Theatre; but he had none of t.ie stolen property on hiin. '1 his was surmised to he at his lodgings, but, these were not known, and !).• was not so soft as to tell. Of course, having got him the detectives were not inclined to let him go, so he was lodged in I e cell, uw\ they trusted to a ruse to discover what they wilted. About an hour after he wen-- in there came in a very drunken man in custody, who w.-is bundler into the c> H along with Butler. lit was stupidly drunk tor a .inic, but after a couple ot hours had passed he began tc get sober. As he ! did so, bis tongue became loosened, and |
along with execrations upon all policemen, he betrayed a natural curiosity as to wiiiit hail luvutght, his cell er.!..nanion there. Butler was communicativ;: enognh as regarded this portion of tlie subject, although perhaps We did : not stick to the truth. But the sobering drunkard wishe I to know more, and amongst his other questions was the one, < And where do you live, mate?' But Butler was 'too fly,' a nd after encouraging Ins questioner with false hopes for a time, he at last blurted but, « You're only! wasting your time, my friend ; you'd better knock and get < ut.' The \ pretended drunkard did and Dot cti <c "T B— left the cell a sadder ii not a wis* r man. It was a very nice trap, bnt Butler would not take the bait. They found out afterwards," of course, where he Hved, hut not from the accused'.-
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Temuka Leader, Issue 269, 15 June 1880, Page 2
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374A DETECTIVE HAD. Temuka Leader, Issue 269, 15 June 1880, Page 2
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