THE WELLINGTON ROBBERIES.
ARREST OF ALLEGED PERPETRATORS. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 28. The Wellington detectives yesterday apprehended four men on suspicion of being the perpetrators of the recent robberies, including jewellery and money to the value of £IOO, from the residence of Mr Gerald Fitzgerald ; jewellery and money, totalling £l5O in value, from Mr T. G. McCarthy's house; silver watch from Mrs Hannah Watson's; and jewellery valued at £l6 from the Masonic Hotel, Wellington. The names of the accused are: — Cyril Cosgrove, alias Furlong, George Ferris, William Robert Sinclair and John Hamilton. Cosgrove arrived recently from Tasmania, and the other three from South Africa. Hamilton and Sinclair were taken in their lodgings, where detectives were concealed in a wardrobe. Hamilton was in possession of • a loaded revolver.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8497, 29 July 1907, Page 5
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128THE WELLINGTON ROBBERIES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8497, 29 July 1907, Page 5
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