ESCAPED PRISONER.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1425, 27 April 1912, Page 6

ESCAPED PRISONER.

LEWIS STILL AT LAIKiE. A MITH-TATOOED MAN. I homas John Lewis, who escaped from Ihe brickyards at Mount Cook, worked in connection wilh (he Terrace Gaol, on Thursday afternoon, was still at large when iminirj was made early this morning. A search is being conducted among the haiori hills, and further afield, and a strict watch ir> being ki pi in and iboi.t (lie city. l'olicc officials lie,Vl contrary views as (o the chances el' Lewi, evading aipt'uv for any length of time, or tor all lime, due ol the force's most experienced men i- of the opinion that Lewis will not be long out of custody. "|. think he will soon l:e caught," lie said, "lie is not clever, lie has never shown anv cleverness in any of the things whicii he has done. He lua\ keep away for a few davs, l.ut 1 think he'll be caught all right."" Another ofiieer high in the service is not nearly so hopeful. He reckons that Lewis has a good chance of evading the police altogether. "You can search," he remarked, "but Hie man is awav. Wc may get liini back, but J.have my doubts. If he has got clear of the city.'.ve'l©—. It he is ■ still about here, iie has his clothes, and you might walk vip against him and not know him. There are not many in the force who ?now him by appearance." In view of recent occurrences, a wellknown police officer says that Wellington will soon be known as the locale of a gaol which it is not Ihe mo.-i difficult matter in tho world to escape from. Lewis has gone under several names — Thomas John Lewis, Thomas I'esrcc, O'Connor, and Thomas Michael WiUon. Ho is a native of Ireland, is years of age, alt. Tin. high, and about !li stono iu weight. He has dark-brown hair, and hazel eyes. He is classed as a labourer. The fugitive is a much-tattooed person. On his right upper arm a horse's Lead and shoo are tattooed, and on the fore portion of the same arm there are the figures of a horse, a huntsman, a hare, a pack of hounds, and a Japanese weman. Oil tho left arm, a basket of flowers, cross flags, and a butterfly are latooed. f