ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND. Jan. 22,
Climbing a thin waterpipe running vertically up a sheer 20ft. wall and breaking forcibly through a wire-net-ting screen at tlie 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 bis own use.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 46, 23 January 1939, Page 9
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116ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 46, 23 January 1939, Page 9
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