The Epsom Murderer. EXCITING DENOUEMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 585, 19 February 1876, Page 2

The Epsom Murderer. EXCITING DENOUEMENT.

Bmtohd the poedib.hty of a doubt tbe murderer VV nuU ia 111 tb» Low or Pinko coaatry, aud this has been luug kaowa tj the local authorities iv Wuikato, Mhi> h»va been a, ware of tlie locthty in tvbic'i ha was hidtug, aud of bi d dumgs from the time that he left OraLoi f>r \Vat.-reuga, the settlement where Lv i'»ther rcsidos, »ud whei« it nut kn>*n that lie pUihed on to immodiately ou loariug OmKo. lh y hare carofully abataiuod, however, {,om losing tkoir mau by taking auy ( tio precipitaU) actioa. lo have

BUSHED THI MUHDEKBB, would probably have beeu to have lost him alto.jetb.er. Tuo au'horitiet, however, w<-nt more vrarUjr to woik. Ho wai, m w» itatoil acne viaie Bmc, nt Aloorangi, just bofora Constable ll at] dock tisiLed that setolemcut, aud fur tho past foi UngUi ho Las been hiding, moving aboi't fiom oue small lettlcmout to another from Moariuirti to Mamoue— fium iilauioh* to Kaugaunu, aud baoktorarda and forwanlo fioui one to the other, ohiefly by ui^ht, receiving food and shelter from them. His faitbiul^couiioiter an.l compaaion baebeeu

■k NATIVH WOMAX, who leepa with bim aver on the watch while he s'eopi, nnd who in likely to artic &• much resistance iv his dofeace as he hnu»elt' uo doubt will, union taken uuawarei, far ho well know* that death, will follow

HIS CATTVHA. Cunning as Wmu.ta ban been, tlie loca au liouttes m Wtukato, and the Armed Constabulary foico have been too many ior him. Ihat liv h« uetor lofb tho district to which ho wa4 traced u eortam, ah his wUeieabout ho* been known aluiuut fiom day to day, und gradually a B picked aud trusty moii cjuld bo got togotuor, •uoutiug paitics wore pUcoi oa every outlet ftoia thi) Lowei W«uinto Nofc au avenue by which he could Escape but in :ion guarded, erea to tho plaonii, of mou vi bait* to Vvatoh the luoutbs of one or two crocks debouching lutu tho Waikato nrer, 'Xhe uuLl«;t oa tho east and treat tide of tho ipcjk-ity ul v.lucii he it now

hiJing, are watched day »nd night by aooats t 0 th« number of o?er forty, •oraprusing picked m»o of the A.O. tow, «nd carefullj solettted nakivo* and intelKgent haK-oattes. Ou Wednetday the lost n«»e«iary precaution t>f thuttwg up etery loophole .of cicapo was oompJated by telegraphing to the Thame» to plac* men at oartai pointi, to prettnt hi« eso»p« to th» «attward. The

TOILS "WITS WHWB HE IB MTttBOTJHDJBD arc now olotely drawn, and all beiag rwdj for the coup da mail a picked party of m*»

AIiMIB WlTfi H£T[OfcT*Ka, itartcd on Tliunday ereniog, for Te Awa, Wai* kkt^at which vonduzTOus thcj will be m«t by ine^lrou) Auckland and the ThaYneo, and tLea proceeding withia their own lines will thoroughly §e»rch the locality in which h» »• to be m hiding and take the miscreant

DIC4B OE ALIYK. Ihdt he if there, there can bo no doubt. The •utliorilua are aot afcUUjj on ibar« hearsay, and moreoVer he is known to bo not fiur from where ho wav la«t if ea for at tbo beginning of the pre< sent week be aout a moisenger theno^

TO TE KCUTI to atoorUin the feeling of the King and the nativoi thor« towards him before-f anturing amdngit them. Ho >• itill waiting for that mertenger who hai not yet returned, the King being »w§y »t Kawhia and not tapacted b*«k -*t -T» Kuite till Thursday. Some little excitement was ocoaiioued in Hamilton on Tuunday, when it let kcd uut that aa expedition of thi kind meutioaet w«» about to at*n to ca,ptt)ro Winiata, tb» muro eapcicully ac the > nu2rl«« of tbo rivolr«r*of »o,uo of the party *ere toon prolrading tjcd benfath their cc»t». LeTt *oout6 pm ! tor Turoahere, and yeetentey miming it w» " rumoured on tho be«t Euthority," that Winifttn had been caught while »te»liug pe»oket in Mr Graham* orchard by whom he bad been tied up with ropes, aud that aa escort hid been font for tabling him on to Hamilton. By ift»rnooo tUere word a dozen different version* of the *ffaxr e^mllj truo ao tho *boro. Biia^.e focti of tho cu»e, lioweror, are at we have stated tuem to be, ani we trutt in our next itfue to bo *ble to compliment the local authorities, and the uuubera of tho a. C force on the INTCI.t-IQENOa, ACTIVITI AMD GALLIHTaT which w ill liav . by then we hope succeeded in • fib ting the ctpture of the crtCty aud murderou< Winmta.

TO OUft SuBiOIUB KS IN THB Lojm WaIKATO. — O ir 00l ector Mi' T 0. H^minoud, it now in thu Lo»er Waikato. Subscriber* and advertiser* will oblige by paying the amount of their accounts to him at their «aily oou/emence. IIIMIO'tATfON. — We beg to aokdoarleslga ftceipt from toe Hamilton Postmaster and tabimmigration ajren at Njjaruawahin of a lilt of the innugraiita expected to arrue bj the «hi(i bulubury, now due. Mu J Knoi Kepoeti.— That tbo lease of the Ngaruawiihw Ferry burriCfc sold by auction today, realised *73 per annum idr P Oanty «*■■ 1101 10 purchaser. At loos Jo of household efieote, thcie was a uumuroua attendance and good prices rulsd Tun Quickstep —Mr Quiok't now Bleamer hii had tk thorough orcrhuul and ii -igain upo-i the Lortb. She made her reappearance in Hamiltou on Thursday evening, aud will take ud tlu rutiumc i(i a ' lß ivgumrly.froin Mercer ou Tues 'inytt, Tiiiirudays, itod Saturday!, and from Hamilton to Mem ron the alternate days. Vlbiug I<Kff4.tiDßo, -Mr Buttle, the secretary of the C*uibru!|{o tfuinieiV Club has courteously forwarded vi the following extruot from t tie j Uiiautv* o( tU-< malting li*ld ou Cha BIU in a taut., wliich, iL c-oeuag, escaped the notice of our reporter present :— " TLat the thauks of tlv> Club be pre re )>ed to tho proi.rii>tor« of tUe WAIKi-TO TIML-« f i- th ■ farourab.e nutiax t»kon of the jiroeeodm^i of ih ' Soci" y " I A Boi'b CEiCi-JiT Match.— lf the weather should p.ove nei tj-t'a)-, it will cau^e great disappoint-m-rt to our jmomle cri lector 3 ac U»vnilton, as vi hern uc (Lie u.ateli be 1 ween a sixteen of Mr DMnrerVacoo! vi d an t'levcn of Mr Davis ichool to be pla>od ou the Ilamittju cricket ground, and tho evotit is qu.to ua likely to be as attrac livo t j the (,'ese '.al public m the more preientioui linnJling oi tow willow ty their elders. Tinro are nu understand some smart players for taou inob.ja to be (on id iv Ihe rauks of youag Hftmillon, and we ceuaiulj t>uut, though our wati r tauka me empty, that t'iey will havo a fine d»> for tue OLCfl~ion Mk SißLEr*a li»3urinck.— Qemkuods ooji»uor of thk tiourir Bkituh Compant. - la lioticiug tho buruuig of Mr Siblev'a houie, ut IV A^amulu, on the 7th instant, wd alluded tjtliof.iot, that unfortmuately the premium for renewal ot tho polio/ was due on tho 25th of the previous month, butthat neitiier Mr Sibley, nor the lochl ugeut oi t'lo Company (Mr Roche), had rcoeiTod noticti from thu head otboe that it fat due. and wt* expressed a hope thai under the cireuinntiicei the Company would deal liberally with Mr iMbie?. 'It u with no little pleasure we learn th»t n hai dove to. Ou the receipt of a telegram on th< Bth, aanouaciug the destruction ut the prop t y, iho nece^iary papers to put tho olaim iv pioper form noro «unt up, and on their return * ohtquo lor tho lull amount was lent to ilr Kooho tor {uiinent to Mr Sibley. Such lib^ranty and fnir dt-aimg on the put of an in•nrA,,cf uoinpuny will not be uiiapprdciated. Ten cuosl^'«^l^• on Wimiata.— Since writing the latent paititmLrs rcsptcting the aetire mor« ujonfc, now being ttken by tii» Waiknto Authontie.i 19 «dect ihd oipture of Wiuiatti, vre loara | thui two mu c men wer* despatched la^t night tj tho uatue tti.tluuent of Hakud'ui, th>re berne ju»: the bate poijiVuhty ot a doubt, that the murdonr— wcr» he to break Iho corJonoircli.ig him id his PBCupi- fron the picked body pressing in to tho •ottleinetttt to effect his Ctipturo — might innko for that kaingv T)ie armed party vtio left Hamilton for Tawaharo ou Thursday evening, left that placo agaiu about eieveu o'olook nith tho rising moon, On their ride to Avra Waik'itu, a aistanca of souic 26 inilci. As we have said eUowhere, we bopo in our issue of Tuesday 'to give tho full particulars of his capture, but f-hould the news of su.-U ernnt reach us before Mmdiiy for.'UDon, w» shall isiue an Extra Ehtun, anil oad«a?our to «end it to erory subbCribov'i hous* in the dutrict. Gsiso to tat KiCK-.— A coiTespondent ia anotner«olu'nu fiskG u< how all the people are to £*» to tho races ou Thursday aad Friday next Uuiailtou, but it 10 a •omtwhit diffioult qujstton to aa.wer. Hamilton will bo full cf visitors from all parts of the WaiUato uud'frooa Auokkal, und every conveyance, and every horse that has got even three workable legs, will be bespoke long beforo Thursday lnormi g. We hate not beurd whether Quick's coached will bo put in sp^iul requisition, but if cattle wero pit ntifnl, thity might make acuuple of trips with profit, or whether one of the steamei* will bo specially c'lmrtered for tho occasion, which, with r«turo tickets at a reasonable rute would proro a first class speculation. The Cambridge puople thouisolre* might do a ftroko of busiuoss, wo should think, with such veh cles as they po,•ess in fotchmg people from Harntlton to Cambi'; Igo iv the morinng and cuuvoyiQg them back homo trh< n the ruces are orer. As t.> our corI respoudeut "Tummot," we a<p, We confess, i un.U'lo to offer any fiu'ther su^'t'tstiou. He bat our wurmeat sympa'hy, as iudmd bo will Imre that of vrory married man. Unluti be guts a suit of clothes padded, " bltoom-haadle, frying pun, and flat iron proof," not fotgottmg Motionwool toi both earl, we pity him After all, per* haps, ho is in no woiso plight than maxij other*, and miibl remomber that Marriuge u Kuiodiito puueh, ioott dweet, SOO4 aci.t, Il»a Ji£g is &i««l/ turbulent aud (laoid i

H M OoOTfflL — Tht Courts advertised to be held at Hamilton and Oaiubndga, on the 24th ■ad 26th instant, art adjourned to the 2ud and 3rd of March respectively. CotoaiD BKOTHXBf —Tht Cambridge Ethiopian Minstrels announce a perfonn%n«« oa Thumday evening next, in aid of thft Choir, at the Sohool-huUie, C*nbrid£«h, Axorn* D»ath b»8 followed quickly on that of Ust Monday, and curiously enough of » person of the lamt name and agt though in no way connected. Mri Stevens who died i% Hamilton East, on Wednesday night, hat been for lome time ailing, having in fact been Buffering from puerperal n»ouom*flia. She too wai an immigrant, and it *c tuppoie another viotiat to the non-recognition^ of the claim of thew poor people to medic*! assistance at the hand* of the Gor«moaent for a certain time say twelve months after their'being sent to a district. Important to Shootisis —It will beTOn by advertisement Fthat the Waikato Gun Club intend to hare «. grand field day on Wedneiday next, when * team from the Hamloy Guv Club will meet them in friendly contest at Mr Claude's farm,(Sast Hamilton. A Pigeon raatoh Drill first be fired and a terwarßiT a'G-jro tnatoh between the same teams. The afternoons afnusemeot will be brought to a close with a Gyro Match (Handicap) open to all, Tents will be provided oil the ground for lidy visitera and the t&embers of the Club will be gl*d to see tha publio muster strongly provided thay brmg no dogs 'with them.