IMAGE
[Typescript partial account of the arrest of Robert Butler on suspicion of murder. 1870s?]
- Date
- 1870 - 1879
- By
- Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
- Reference
- Eph-B-POLICE-1870s-01
- Description
Single typescript page by an anonymous witness tells of seeing a man at a hotel in Waitati, 17 miles north of Dunedin. Because of his suspicions that the man was connected with a recent murder of a young couple named Dewar and their child, he advised the local policeman Charles Colborne, who telegrammed policeman Townsend of Waikouaiti. The arrested man was Robert Butler, alias Lee, alias Donnelly, alias Medway.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Carbon copy of typescript on sheet 330 x 205 mm.
Provenance: From the collection of Mr Ken A Webster.
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- No access restrictions
- Part of
- [Ephemera of quarto size concerning police, policemen, policing, crime prevention] / [Ephemera of quarto size concerning police, policemen, policing, crime prevention. 1870-1979]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Ephemera, Typescripts, Carbon copy of typescript on sheet 330 x 205 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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