NO TRACE YET FOUND
Prisoner Who Jumped From Train Dominion Special Service. HAMILTON, February 5. In spite of strenuous efforts by police from the Hamilton and Te Awamutu district, no Irtice has been louiid o. Richard Ilnmplirios. the young prisoner who escaped while being conveyed from Auckland to the Waikeria Borstal Institute. Humphreys was under the escort of ait Auckland constable, and is believed to have jumped from the south-bound express train between Frankton Junetion and Te Awamutu. Scrub and bush on both sides of the line have been searched carefully in order to ascertain whether the prisoner was injured by his fall, but no evidence of this has been found. The possibility that he did not leave the train, hut secreted himself in or on other carriages, has been investigated.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 113, 6 February 1941, Page 10
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131NO TRACE YET FOUND Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 113, 6 February 1941, Page 10
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