HARPER AND CO.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5028, 17 May 1895, Page 2

HARPER AND CO.

ARREST OP MR LEON A 1 RD t*' harper.

Cable advices were received at Wellington yesterday, announcing lie arrest of Mr Lcor jn id Harper, late clue partner in. the firm 0 f Harpor, Harper anf, llaude, of Ghristchurch, at t' ae instance o{ the Neiv Zealar.d Government upon a wam-at from Scot-. n { 1)6 detained • muler the 1 ( ugi tive Offenders Act • and charged at Bow-street with the larceny of mo'ney of a client. One of the most experienced and capablemembers of the police forco will bt» ' despatched to Loudon to brine th e accused—who, it appears, hasbeen" living for some time past in apparently comfortable circumstances in ' Jersey, and making uo effort to ' escape bad to New Zealand, tye understand that since it Lad become ' apparent that tho creditor, of the accused (lid not intend to proceed ; agamsfc him, the GovernmeSt have ' had him shadowed for some timn- - part from Scotland Yard. Jntljt absence of Mr Gully, the Crowlf Prosecutor, the services of Mr Skerrett have been retainsd for the ' tW ( Ba y s \' lß A t .Z. Times), uni: collectin i IS now j in Christchncli , London ' dispateh to; .