A DASH FOR LIBERTY.
By Telegraph.—Press Association, Auckland, June 29, The police having received information concerning the escape of James P«rcy Gaffinoy from custody in Sydney while under a charge of horse-stealing, were on the loqk-out wb?n the Anglian arrived to-night, and picked out a passenger who wont by the name of Dalloy, but in Shortland street he gave the detectives the ‘slip and ‘bolted, with Detective Grace and Acting-Detective Bowles and Quirk at his heels. At the cry “Stop, thief!” a number of civilians joined In the chase, and after a hard run over fences and through allotments, he was blocked in a blind alley, paring the chase he exhibited a Revolver, which cleared his way; When cornered he at first refused to surrender, but ultimately did «9 quietly, and* at the station admitted he was the map. The revolver was found to bo loaded. ‘ 1
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 2859, 30 June 1896, Page 2
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147A DASH FOR LIBERTY. New Zealand Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 2859, 30 June 1896, Page 2
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