THE ESCAPEE'S STORY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 110, 11 May 1908, Page 5

THE ESCAPEE'S STORY.

"AWFUL SUSPENSE."

AUCKLAND, May 11

Elliott was a steerage passenger from Sydney by the Moana. On the boat's being berthed he went to the station and gave himself -up voluntarily. .■ ■ . ■~'. . . A press representative visiting the watch-house ,was confronted by a smart-looking individual, seated at a table with a'book within reach; and a huge enamel pannikin and a slice of bread-and-butter before him.

During a few minutes' conversation Elliott stated\ that he 4iad no difficulty in getting away unobserved. * " Most ofr my time I was in Melbourne," he said, " and from there I had plenty of opportunities to go anywhere I liked to get clear away. When I got there, however, 1 decided that I would not go any further. The suspense was awful, for one thing, and I couldn't stand, it; so her© I am. I gave myself up vbluntarilyto the police. "If I had had any money when I reached Auckland I would have continued' my journey to Wellington and given myself up there."