ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20038, 20 September 1930, Page 15

ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY

CONSTABLE'S VAIN CHASE. ' (PJKZ3S ASSOCIATION TELEGEAII.) ' WELLINGTON, September 19. T ( wo men under' arrest and wider the escort of a constable made a successful dash for liberty at the doorway of the Taranaki street Police Station about half past ten last eveniiig. A stern chase ensued, but the men were quicker on foot and' soon disappeared. " Mr B. Sutherland, of Karori, owner of the chain of Self-Help grocery stores, received, shortly after lo p.m., a telephone call from a person unknpwn, who intimated that the Courteh&y place shop would be broken into- during .the following hour. . On receiving the information'Mr Sutherland's son immediately informed the police and proceeded into town .in his. car. In the meanwhile, the manager of the shop had been communicated with and he, in company with Mr Sutherland, jun., and a police constable made an inspection of the premises. There appeared. to be no signs of the work'of any intruders,, and while a further inspection was being made, footsteps were heard in the lane behind the shop to which access is gained from Tory street. Three men . were seen to be there, and ; although . they began to make off when they . were aware that their presence was-noticed, the constable was well on the, alert, and secured two men. whilStfie third made a successful escape, They were not deprived (>f their liberty lqiig,: howeyet, for a second and determined effort freed .them from the constable 's power when almost at the police station. :