ESCAPE AND RE-CAPTURE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18495, 4 September 1923, Page 6

ESCAPE AND RE-CAPTURE.

YOUNG MAORI ARRESTED. SEQtrEL TO BURGLARY. [BY TELEKaAPH.— OWN CWRPiSPOVDEKT..] '" * TE KUITI, Monday. A sensational ? affair in h which a Maori, suspected ■ of thefts from a shop, 1 was captured, escaped, \ and recaptured, occurrud at Te Kuiti during the week-end. The', first incident occurred ; early on Saturday morning. Constable Marks had been : stationed in the ? shop to see ■• if he could discover < the perpetrator of repeated theits during the past few weeks. He heard a ! key inserted in the front door and shortly afterwards a ' Maori appeared and went to the safe. The constable overpowered hiin after a struggle. The Maori lay >! prone ;ind his captor': moved :to ■ the telephone to send a message for assistance. The ;[ Maori was •up like a flash, dived through the window, and escaped. A clue remained, however, in the form of a hat with the owner's name' written inside. Working on this, the police" visited a bush settlement, but their quarry, anticipating the move, was ■ not to be found. The police , departed, but, afteir proceeding out pi sight of the settlement, • left two constables to watch it' from the bush. Toward evening they were rewarded, .'the suspect returning to a whare. Here Con-, stable Marks was able to make good 'his earlier capture and the Maori was takon safely into • custody.