THE WAIPA BANDITTI. Burglary at KIHIKIHI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2071, 15 October 1885, Page 2

THE WAIPA BANDITTI. Burglary at KIHIKIHI.

Tub punishment which was moted out -lOinolinie ago to y^nng Kriim-'lv, tin* 11111;le.ulci of the <v-i>tnn^ bind of bugimU vvli'i nude things "hum" f<u a tune .it Kihi kiln, &eeu>*< to hue no good cttei-t No sooner h.vd ho regained hw hbeity tin a If omluikod in fiut.hi'i ompiUoi, the con-u quonce- of which will bo >uiiou-,. On Tu<»day the hou->e of Mr J. Frator, uc.ll KIIIIkihi, was broken into and a lo itlu 1 puibO, cotitainmg CIO in notes and yol'l, abstracted. Suspicion fell \i|>on M.tstt>i Kennedy and a boi.n coinpaiiimi, .1 promiting youth named William Doyle, and enquiry elicited tho fact that they had been seen Roinß in the dnection of Cambridge. Inspector Kiely at once took fiteps to effect their capture. Ho wired to Sorgt. -Major McGovoin and the vaiiom police stations in the district, .uid dispatched Constable Lowther mi the track of the fugitives. Early yesterday nioining the Ins[)ector had .111 interview with a boy who was presout when the robbery wab committed, and who «»t.itod that the offeiiders had e\pressed then intention of liduig to Auckland if tlio> pould not take passage in thu tiain. Tlu> IMihce also ascertained that they weio «vt Ivihtkihi the proceeding night. About noon ycstoi day Sergeant- Mijoi Mc(!o\oin received a telegram funn In^poctor Ivicly itatuig that Kenned \, Tojiu, .md 1 third p.uticipatoi in tho lobhiM-y. huhhl Cotkni, had been :uie<twl by (Jonst.iblo r*owthei\