A Dangerous Criminal.
ESCAPES FROM THE POLICE,
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ABHBUETOK, This day
A young man named Henry Percy Fisher, alias' Harry Percy Fisher, alias Henry Smith, alias Harry Gilbert, alias A. F. Stewart, at present representing himself as an insurance agent, was arrested on Wednesday night at Chertsey on a charge of forging and uttering a cheque for £5 10s to a storekeeper at Ashburton. He remained in the hotel in custody all night, but the following morning early made a sudden dash and escaped frsm the constable, and being a fast runner, is still at large. The country is being scoured. It is said the offender is a well-known and dangerous criminal. He escaped from the labor gang at Dunedin harbor by swimming, and also escaped from custody with the handcuffs on by jumping off a train going at tho rate of twenty miles an hour.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6413, 25 March 1892, Page 3
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167A Dangerous Criminal. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6413, 25 March 1892, Page 3
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