ESCAPE FROM CELLS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, January 22.
Climbing a thin waterpipe running vertically up a 20ft wall and breaking through a wire-netting screen at the top, a man who had been arrested in the city a short time before escaped from the cells at the Central Police Station this afternoon.
The "missing man, who had been arrested in Queen Street, attempted earlier to gain his freedom while on the way to the police station in custody, but was caught after a short chase.
A widespread search revealed no trace of him at a late hour tonight. He had been arrested on a charge of unlawfully converting a motor-car to his own use.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 18, 23 January 1939, Page 6
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114ESCAPE FROM CELLS Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 18, 23 January 1939, Page 6
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