The Stormbird Robbery. Wanganui, Last Night.
Night. A box containing silver stolen from the Stormbird was recovered by the police on Saturday night, but the locality is kept a secret. It is believed, however, that the box never left town. The money is safe, and the seal of the box is not even broken.
Three men wore arrested by Detective Sullivan, named Henry Williams, William Salmon, William Green, and charged with robbery, they wore remanded this morning at R.M. Cpurt for eight days, pending the errival 'of, tho cook of tho t Btormbird and of witnesses on board the same steamer. Substantial bail was allowed, Salmon is keeper of a Bhooting gallery, Green is his assistant, and Williams is a recent arrival, who ha« been -watched by the police throughout. The box weighed ninety -nine pounds and measured seventeen inches by ten.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1420, 9 August 1881, Page 2
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142The Stormbird Robbery. Wanganui, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1420, 9 August 1881, Page 2
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