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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 February 1880, Page 2

Tt will be remembered that in October 1878 Martin Weiberj, the late carpenter of the s.s. Avoeo. was ar« rested upon a charge of stealing 5,000 sovereigns from th^ bullion room of that v°s-<el fluting the pi sage from Sydney to Melbourne, After his incarceration he nnde statements involving the chief officer of the Avoca (Mr Eiliston) in the robbery, and a warrant was issued for that gentleman's arrest Its execution wa3 entrusted to Detective Mackay, who proceeded to England, and carried it ini;o effect. In the meantime Weiberg escaped from tbe custody of Detectives Duncan and Mahony. Mr j Elliston, after his arrest, was brought ! i before the authorities in Ka^lind, but the warrant being informal, he was discharged. He w; s generally be« lieved to be innojenr, and Weiberg, when he was ultimately recaptured, by Detective Edelston, admitted that his statements against Etliston were utterly false. Mr Elliston entered an action against the P and 0. Company for damages, and the company have settled tbe case by awarding him band.-* some compensrtion.