BORGLARIES IN DUNEDIN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1812, 6 November 1888, Page 4

BORGLARIES IN DUNEDIN.

Several rather daring burglaries have occurred during the past fortnight in Dunedin, and the detective force have been considerably exercised over the' A fortnight ago the premise,* r .pf Messrs Eowlands and Portman J in Princes street were broken into, entrances having been effeetedby clambering down the steep .cutting at a_nd r burs.ting open Sfotatf -;gftods were taken from both shops. Between last : Saturday nighif and Sunday morning the-premises of Messrs James Samson .•attdtOb.,auctioneers, wei-'el broken irito .and._ air-guns, revolvers, jewellery, ,wa,t chep,r and / oth l err gopd^rt^the l yalue of'about taken.* Xn tbi« case Entrance was effected by breakjng one of the ; p'alies i sirj'e wiiidoW, the hole he b:a"d _ made. It appears that Mr Port'slrop'vi as^-brofeen'intb eairly ; on a iSunday 'morninjg;,' but "as the robber _had..made a haul from Mr Kowland's shop next door he was unable to take avfaj the booty from Mr Portman/s place, but he J carefully packed 1 away >n(a jportnianteau [rea'dj^fob removai. Th« f fact of the premises having been entered* was discovered during the day, and in. order .to make, a capture. the.gQpds were taken: out-of the portmarite"au ;4 and some rubbish put in its ;pjace, while Detectives Henderson 1 and Maddern made arrangements jto : watch the shop during lEeJnight;'_ "make aUsafe the dpp.r.was once more : ma ( d'e' ; secure;' ' The''' ho'uaybreaker, however, was no ordinary, thief, renuir.. ing, the coyer, of \th.e. night, as;'d'uring' the afternoon he to* the-shop, andj..breaking.,into it xemoved the ipoctmanteaiiii67inusAth6 go'Pdsj in broad - Wheii the -time' agreed upbri they were naturally 'surprised, and ; not" 'a little' nettled, because it never' a moment . their heads; thai; With the ■ ordinary police parading;Princes street,, and-;the premise& made secure, any attempt would be made "before nightfall to remove the goodsi However, they set to to-earth:--"As already-stated, howeyer, heiwas-no thief, andi he madeup "attempt to dispose-of or pawn any of .the\articlesiwhich had been taken, But a clue was- se'dure'd at length. In a minute examinaliibtt of' goods sold by auctioneers the' detectives' fansied they discovered'some.articles stolen in Christchurch.. nearly , two nioDtbs ago, tvyo or. three; shops and warehouses having been;broken into there. Inquiries confirmed their suspicion to some,, extent, biat r it then; became a difficult.matter to find the* as all the,auctioneer could say was that the articles had been ■■-sold-fpr-a -man who gave ; his'Wme as Thomas Grleesbn.. After a 'good'ileal of trouble 'Grleesou was traced, biit on the room he was occupying in one of our hotels being searched daring his temporary absence no trace of the goods could be found,

Detective' we felt convinced he was on the right track, and decided to keep watch on him without arousing suspicion. On Tuesday Q-leeson suddenly departed South by the afternoon train, taking with him more luggage than he had in his room at the hotel. On the same evening Chief-detective Henderson obtained permission from Inspector Weldon to send Detective Maddern after his "man, and that officer : left by "Wednesday morning's train. He speedily traced Q-leeson at Invercargijl, and overhauling the new luggage he found most of the goods missing from Messrs Kowlands, Portman, and Samson and'Go's. He was not long' in arresting him, and Thomas G-iieeson, or whatever his name is, will;be-, brought back &> Dunedin charged' with the three offenceß men-, tinned. In the meantime, ev.idence will be collected to connect, him with the burglaries in Christchurch. Otago Daily Times,