PALMERSTON BURGLARIES.
POWELKA'S ESCAPE
(Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., this day. j • The man, Joseph Powelka, »*who -Jiad been m Palmerston gaol aAvaiting trial on charges of housebreaking, and' removing furniture, escaped from .the. exercise yard on Saturday by using an upturned bucket to scale tlie rwall while the warder's back' was turned. ,"*.. PoAvelka found a bicycle adjacent' to the yard, and rode. off. A man ansAA'ering his description aroused a -storekeeper at Bunny - thorpe at midnight on Saturday, and purchased some i food, but he has not' since been heard of. The police are scouring the country for him.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12096, 14 March 1910, Page 5
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