A DETECTIVE OUTWITTED.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1524, 11 April 1882, Page 2

A DETECTIVE OUTWITTED.

About two months ago a man named Connor stole a horse From a settler re- ; skiing at Tavadale, near Napier, and proceeded somewhere into the interior, escaping the vigilance of the Napier police. The Cambridge police were at once communicated with, and Constable Brennan in the course of his enquiries dfrcoveved that Connor had taken up his abode somewhere ,in the vicinity of Oxford, where he was working for the -natives. Detective , Doolan took it in hand to fetch the prisoner to Cambridge, and on this errand he proceeded on horse,back to ,the Maori settlement ne»7Oxford, on Saturday morning last. His errand was not a fruitless one, for on arrival there the prisoner presented himself and was accordingly arrested. The stolen horse was also procured and upon this the detective mounted' his prisoner. Unfortunately, the detective trusted too much in the penitence »f his charge, or else' thought his' own moral power a sufficient security . against his prisoner running away, and consequently - took mo precaution to secure him, such as hand-cuffing or having' a rope to the horse. It would seem however, as if his confidence was misplaced^ for on arriving somewhere in the vicinity of Gorton, the prisoner turned his horse on the road and galloped back until reaching a wire fence, through which he passed into, a^ clump of gorse and disappeared. Detective Doolan who had followed his man in hot pursuit, had the misfortune to' meet with an accident, his, -horse falling and injuring its shoulder. Consequently he had to abandon his chase on horseback., A few Oxford settlers who were ridmg towards, Cambridge,' shortly' afterwards came along, and with their assistanpe a diligent search was made. All however proved fruitless.,. Connor had disappeared, and was nowhere to be found"; and Detective Doolan returned to Cambridge, a wiser, if a sadder man.

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