THE LEVANTING POPPENS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1758, 11 August 1884, Page 2

THE LEVANTING POPPENS.

: -x,. , (FFqm : the Ppst;.)... '..; ' ..of M William Poppens, a wall-known Boniface recently residing; in, this city;-, will bemuch gratified'tjHearpi: that;the steps taken.tb sebur'e,'jais apprehension have resulted successfuly, The was arrested in Melbourneon.lFriday .last by-virtue of. a, warrant issued here on Tuesday, remain .Jur that, city until sentfor.-Vi The promptitude displayed in the matter reflects .-every credit on those concerned. -Poppens was only adjudicated, a bankrupt.late on. Monday afternoon, the petitioning creditor being Mr Oheymol, wine and spirit merchant, a' bill in favor of whom had not been'met by the late landlord that morning.' A warrant for his arrest on a charg'e'of leaving the place with more than £2O in his. possession was issued without delay hy Mr 0. 0, Graham in his capacity as a Justice of the Peace, and as it was believed that he had.gone to Sydney via Auckland a telegram was sent to the Commissioner of Police in that colony requesting him to apprehend the ..runaway, Prior to 'this Mr ManiheJ, traveller for Mr-Cheytnol, had taken passage to Sydney by the steamer Wakatipu in the hope of intercepting. ; Poppens, but unfortunately arrived in the other colony a day after the Rotomahana, and found' that his.-man was not to be discovered. Finding that the absconder had-not been arrested, Mr Oheym'ol yesterday caused a telegram to be sent to the Melbourne police acquainting, them .with the fact that Poppens was "wanted," and in the evening he received amessage that tho defaulter had been apprehended in the Victorian metropolis with £650 in his possession, The telegram, which was from Mr Manthal, stated that Poppins was .willing to pay his creditors £SOO and also bear the expense incurred in arresting'him. ' To accept 1 such an offer would be to compound'"'/- felony,, and • a reply was sent to Melbourne to-day explaining Jhat the terras could not possibly be accepted, Instructions have also been sent to forward on to Melbourne the warrant issued here on Tuesday, and a constable is to be despatched to Australia to-night by tho Tarawera to identify the prisoner and bring him back to Wellington. 'Mr. Brown, of Messrs Ollivier and Brown, solicitors, who acted m the matter for MrCheymol, to whom Poppens owes £350, was the prime mover in the steps taken to effect the arrest. We understand that when Poppens left Wellington a few days ago, he had in his possession £I2OO or £I3OO, derived from the sale of tho lease and furniture of the Albion Hotel to Mr Beattv.