RUSE-FAILS
ESCAPED PRISONER -
DETAINED _BY^MQYQRIST : (P.A.) ; ' ‘AUCKLAND,-this day. When Clifford Douglas Keane,, aged 27 years, after being sentenced in the Supreme Court made ■ a dash for liberty it was stated-that The police enlisted the service of a passing taxi-driver who glimpsed Keane. After the search,in the taxi had been abandoned.' the dfiver- was proceeding down' Anzac Avenue when he saw Keane entering r; a motor car. The taxi-driver infoinied the car driver that he had an escaped prisoner in the car and advised driving to the police station. 0 It is understood that" Keane had. rushed into businesss premises stating: -“l’ve had a motor accident* and: am sufferig from concussion. Can someone drive me to hospital?” One of the firm’s travellers entered at: that moment and readily agreed -to drive him to hospital,-‘ but- when warned he drove to'the police-station, a friend in the back seat preventing Keane from leaving the- car/- /
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19420814.2.72
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20862, 14 August 1942, Page 4
Word Count
152RUSE-FAILS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20862, 14 August 1942, Page 4
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in