ESCAPED PRISONERS
RECAPTURE EFFECTED NO RESISTANCE OFFERED (Per United Press Association) WANGANUI. May 31. The two prisoners who escaped from the Waikune prison camp in National Park on Sunday afternoon were apprehended near Raetihi this afternoon. The two men were seen by a lorry driver on the main road south of Raetihi. and the police were communicated with. A search of the locality revealed no trace, but when Constable Beaton was returning to Raetihi he noticed two men come out on to the road some distance ahead. He proceeded on foot until he came up with the men, whom he recognised as the missing prisoners. They offered no resistance while they were being handcuffed, and returned to the Raetihi gaol in the constable’i car.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23515, 1 June 1938, Page 9
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124ESCAPED PRISONERS Otago Daily Times, Issue 23515, 1 June 1938, Page 9
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