DARING BURGLARIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4972, 11 March 1895, Page 3

DARING BURGLARIES.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL NEWALL'S HOUSE ENTERED. THE THIEVES LOCK THE DOOR BEHIND THEM. ■An audacious bursflary was perpetrated early yesterday morning at a house in Oriental Bay occupied by Lieutenant-Colonel Newall and his family, About 3.15 a.m. Mrs Newall was ' awakened by a noise in the bedroom, and at once called out and woke her husband. Colonel Newall jumped out of bed and attempted to open the door of the room, which, however, he discovered had been locked on the outside. He then found that the intruders had abstracted his waistcoat and trousers. Colonel Newall at once opened the window of the bedroom and got into the garden by that means. As lie was doing so he heard a whistle and the footsteps of some persons whom he was unable to distinguish, and on making a search he found that the intruders had left the premises by the tirst door, which they had opened from the inside. The house had been entered by the forcing up of the window of a room at the side of the premises communicating with LieulenantNewall's office, and the ' flpliieves had then evidently entered the bedroom and abstracted his clothes, afterwards locking the door and searching the clothing in the passage, where they afterwards left it. They took away very little spoil with them, thecontentsof thcclotbes, fortunately, only amounting to about Is Gd, The office was also searched, but nothing of value was found there. Another daring attempt at robbery was made early this morning, at the house of Mr W, 11, Field (well known as captain of the Star Boating Club) at Evcrton terrace, just off Wellington terrace. ( Mrs Field was aroused shortly afier 1 o'clock by someone moving about in tho bedroom, and awoke her husband, who rushed out after the intruder, tho latter at tho sumo time taking the alarm and hurrying off downstairs. Down tho Torrace ran four men in the brilliant moonlight, towards }■ Woodward street, their pursuer, bareheaded and barefooted, bravely closing upon them, and crying "Police!" at the top of his voico with every step of the way. The in the direction of Woodstreet, and the thieves had sought what refuge could be given by the dark shadow of the high \ walls, with the result that it was almost'lmpossible to identify any one of them. The cries of Mr Field wore arousing sleopers on the Terrace, until just at tho Synagogue, when the pursuer was only about 20 .yards from his quarry, one of the V four abruptly turned and called out, "If you move another step I'll * ■ shoot you!" Mr Field hesitated, for he saw a revolver, and deemed it prudent to seek help; the burglari meanwhile continuing their flight, and turning into Woodward street and down on toLambtonquay, By this time Mr Field had telephoned to the police station and. he i- and 'Mr Mee, chemist, ran down to the quay in time to meet Constables Price and Kelly, who had hoard the shouting; but the thieves had disin tlie direction of Willis ®re'et, and the police had actively taken up the pursuit. A search of Field's house revealed that rooms had been searched, v drawers pulledoutardarticlesstrown about here and there. A quantity of obampagneand whisky had been removed and was found near tho hedge on the other side of the road. No money was missibg and from the appearance of the house the mon were surprised at their work. . i ft#. Times. . • ' ' ,