CAPTURE OF A BURGLAR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4100, 29 April 1892, Page 3

CAPTURE OF A BURGLAR.

The Panama Hotel Affair.

Inspector Thomson received a telogram yesterday morning from Constable Watty, of Palmerston North, informing him that the mail Walter Lnno, who eicaped from Constable Lawlor, in Cubai-street, Wellington, after beingapprchandedwhileattempt. ing to leave the Panama Hotel under suspicious circumstances, has been recaptured at the Palmerston Railway Station, Tho manner of his recapture, and the circumstances leading thereto, which bavo boon furnished to

the New Zealand Times by the per-

son who took a prominent part thereof in, are as followsA passengor by Tuesday morning's Manawatu liptrain noticed n man get into the train at Khandallah, who, without any special reason, he intuitively felt sure was the missing Panama Hotel inn vader. The man got out at Otati and procured a ticket for Oliau, There he got somo man at a Bawmill to give him somo money, and proceeded as far as Palmerston North. Our informant ' sawhimon Wednesday in Palmerston, but took 110 steps to have him arrested, Yesterday, however, he again saw him at Palmerston, this time at the booking office slide, and requested Constable Watty to see where he had booked for, which, being done, it was then discovered that he had a ticket for Fielding, Theamatour detective at once said to the constable, ' You had better arrest that man, as be is the person wanted in Wellington for escaping from tho police,' a suggestion which Watty at once acted upon and took tho refugee to the watch-house. Judging from a fact that has jus; Come to our knowledge it would seem , that Lane is a more than ordinary jjj* cute hand, and one who might reason, ably be expected to shine in the profession which he appoars to have entered upon, Just after Grigg had tackled him outside the hotel he made a desperate struggle to escape, and pulled his captor some little way with him, On an examination of the room in which he had secreted himself being made it was found that a number of keys had been abstracted, and could not be found anywhere. Now, however, they have come to light. About dinner time on Wednesday Grijig was putting on his overcoat when he heard a metallic jiogling in one of the pockets, and on examination of their contents found to his Buiprise the missing keys, The only explanation is that tho would-be thief had them in his possession when captured, and with great forethought slipped them Into his captor's pocket while engaged in the struggle aforementioned. Lane will be brought before a magistrate at Palmer3tou North this morning, and remanded to Wellington, arriving here by the night train_