A SENSATIONAL ARREST.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2716, 22 January 1910, Page 5

A SENSATIONAL ARREST.

CAPTURE OF I>RESUMED BURGLARS.

i Per Press Association.! WELLINGTON, Jan. 21. A sensational arrest was effected, today by Detective Cassells and Constable Pearce. For some time the police have been receiving complaints of burglaries in the city and suburbs, and on Wednesday Detective Cassells, who is in charge of the. investigations, and Constable Pearce, of Brooklyn, went to Makara Hills, where in. a- dilapidated, uninhabited whare, they found, a swag containing much of the stolen goods. They remained all night waiting for the occupants, hut were disappointed. They spoke to some residents from whom they had had information, with the result that this morning they had a telephone message that two men were act. ing in a suspicious manner near the hut. They hurried out, but the men were not about. They were told that the men had. been sitting under the brow of the hill watching the wood. The police found them there, crept up behind them, and had the “bracelets” on them before they knew what had (happened to them. On both of the prisoners were found five-chambered revolvers fully loaded. They are both youths, and 1 are named Maurice Edward Pointon and Edward Haughey, alias Kelly. About fourteen charges of burglary, alleged to have been committed between January 2nd and 17th, will be brought against them.