MURDERER RECAPTURED
THE OTHER STILL AT LARGE,
(BY TBLEORAFH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
■ ] (AUCKLAND, _22nd July. The Rarotongan Tbeta Kai Nuku, who •with Norman Keals- escaped from the Avondale Mental Hospital on Sunday evening, .was recaptured near Henderson this evening. Keals'took refuge in. a forty-acre patch Of gorse, which has been surrounded by a party of police. Its strength, however, was not sufficient to enter the bush, and "strong reinforcements are being sent out. It is expected that his. capture'will be effected to-night. Particulars of the capture of Nuku show that Mr.; Muir, the hospital farm -manager, who was by himself,' saw the two escapees crossing a road into the •scrub. Riding up he fired two shots into the air, and called on the men to surrender. Nuku at once threw up. his hands, but Keals -dashed on.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 21, 24 July 1918, Page 11
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