ESCAPED PRISONER CAPTURED.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, this day. . James Wilson, who escaped from the prison gang on Thursday, was recaptured this morning on Miramar Peninsula. Constable Glass, who was on foot, bailed him up, apd was'struck . on the head by Wilson with a toma- ' hawk and rendered unconscious. Mounted Constables McLeod and Hammond witnessed the occurrence
from a hill, and gave chase, and HamI mond presented a revolver at prisoner, who then surrendered.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 185, 17 August 1901, Page 5
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