SEARCH FOR NASH

Press, Volume C, Issue 29469, 22 March 1961, Page 14

SEARCH FOR NASH

Investigations Continue

The search for Trevor Edward Nash, convicted thief a £19,000 Auckland payroll, is continuing in .the Christchurch district with police surveillance of persons leaving for overseas by sea and air, and by investigation of all reports. Nash has been at large for nearly six weeks since his escape from Auckland prison, where he was serving a seven-year sentence for the theft. A phase of the search which has so far proved unsuccessful has been the visit to Lyttelton of a hypnotist, Dr. Maxwell Rickard, who is touring the country as the Great Ricardo. Last Sunday, Dr. Rickard, accompanied by a young hynotic subject, carried out an “investigation” m the Lyttelton wharf and Port Hills area in the belief that Nash and the unrecovered payroll were somewhere in the district. Senior-Sergeant D. G. M. Simpson, of Lyttelton, said Dr. -Rickard had carried out his search “on his own account.” He said a police search which was made in Lyttelton on Sunday was for an intruder who broke into a house in Bridle Path road during the week-end. He confirmed that Dr. Rickard had made the search of the district on Sunday. Senior-Sergeant Simpson said every ship, particularly passenger vessels, were “seen out of port” by Lyttelton police. It would take an army of men, however, to make a search of every ship, he said. “On the Ball”

An official of the National Airways Corporation overseas booking office said police were “on the ball” at the Christchurch airport and there was virtually no likelihood of Nash leaving New Zealand on any aircraft. He said the documents, including tax clearance, which every nerson needed before he could leave New Zealand would prevent any criminal from leaving the country. This was apart from police checks of passengers and passenger lists.