PRISONER ESCAPES.
LEAP FROM THE TRAIN.
THE WARDER ELUDED.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] Napier, Thursday. A prisoner named Ralph Petersen, who had been committed to the Supreme Court for sentence for assaulting a constable by striking him on the head with a bottle, escaped from custody whilst being conveyed to Wellington.
As the train was pulling out of Porirua station he eluded the warder, and leapt ■from the train. Petersen is 23 years of age, of very small stature, has flaxen hair, and is freely tattood on the arms.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15520, 30 January 1914, Page 8
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