Escapees.
(Per Press Association.)
Wellington* This day.
The search is still going on for the escapees. The captain admits seeing them on board as late as yesterday. He says he specially asked the police at Theo if he was expected to put the men in irons should they appear, and the commandant said no, they were not going to trouble further about them. The French Consul, however, says this cannot be correct, as from his advices tbe authorities are particularly anxious to capture them. As no warrants have arrived, the men, if caught, can only be treated as stowaways. It is believed they have a hiding place under the coal, which, of course, must have been specially constructed for them by the collusion of some of tbe ship's company. They were not landed at the Heads, as the signalman watched the vessel carefully, and a mounted policeman patrolled tha beach.
Later
At 2 p.m. the police abandoned the search on the Rippingham Grange, failing to discover any trace of the escapees. The steamer will eave shortly for London.
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Hastings Standard, Volume III, Issue 866, 9 March 1899, Page 3
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178Escapees. Hastings Standard, Volume III, Issue 866, 9 March 1899, Page 3
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