A FORGOTTEN CELEBRITY.
The cisc of Jonathan Roberts, the New Zealand ' Jack Sheppard,' is now definitely cleared up, and it is known that the man is in Valparaiso at the present time,editing a newspaper. It will be remembered that Roberts escaped no fewer than three tiroes from gaols in New Zealand, and on the last occasion he succeeded in eluding the police and getting out of the country. Since then various rumors have been current as to his whereabouts, some of the Maoriland papers stating some two years ago that he was fighting with the Government troops in the Chilian revolution, and held a high command. Since then nothing has been hoard of the clever gaol-breaker until a few days ago, when a member of the staif of th's journal who knew Roberts, in New Zealand received a letter from Chili giving a sketch of his career. It appears that the writer, who is the captain of a ship, also knows Roberts, and met him In Valparaiso. The escaped convict assured him that after breaking from gaol he reached Newcastle in a schooner from Lyttehon, and at this port he shipped before the mast in a coal-laden vessel for Iquique, Chili. Roberts never fought in the war, and although his past life is known to a considerable number of people he has many friends and lives rather a fast life. — Newcastle Morning Herald.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1035, 25 May 1894, Page 6
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233A FORGOTTEN CELEBRITY. Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1035, 25 May 1894, Page 6
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