GASPARINI'S ESCAPE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9166, 22 September 1888, Page 5

GASPARINI'S ESCAPE.

OPINION OF THE SYDNEY

DETECTIVES.

BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE!,

A SINGULAR STORY.

MR. FISHER AND THE CONVICT.

INDIGNATION OF THE FRENCH

AUTHORITIES. [press ASSOCIATION. J

Sydney, September 21. The detective authorities here do not believe that Gasparini jumped overboard on the voyage of the Wakatipu from Wellington to Sydney, and are of opinion that as he was only convicted of fraudulent bankruptcy he was able to command plenty of moral sympathy. _ _ The detectives believe that Gasparini was on board when the search was fruitlessly made for him. The French Consul-General here has expressed indignation at the action of a Minister of the Crown in New Zealand, who it is stated prominently concerned himself on Gasparini's behalf in reference to raising subscriptions to defray the cost of applying for a habeas corpus for the release of the prisoner in. Sydney. An official communication has been received by the Consul-General, stating that the Minister referred to conversed with Gasparini on the Wellington wharf just prior to the departure of the steamer Wakatipu, and that he also gave a message to the detective who was in charge of the prisoner. An of the French Consulate states he saw a man resembling Gasparini in the streets of Sydney after the arrival of the steamer, and called the attention of Detective Walker to the circumstance, but he denied that the man was Gasparini. The attache believes that the insaL was Gasparini.

OFFICIAL INQUIRY. [by Telegraph.—own correspondent.]

Wellington, Friday. Major Gudgeon, in his capacity of Commissioner of Police, goes to Auckland this evening by the s.s. Te Anau. He is, I understand, charged with the special duty of inquiring into the circumstances under which the notorious Gasparini made his escape from the custody of the detective officer who had charge of him. It is reported here that Gasparini has been seen alive in Sydney since nis escape.