PRISONER AT LARGE
UNENVIABLE EXPERIENCE NIGHT IN THE SNOW (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. The police are conducting a search for John William Graves, who escaped from Waikune prison camp on Sunday afternoon. He must have got away about half an hour after the warder made his periodic round at 2 o’clock. Graves’ experience that night must have been an unenviable one, for about a. footjixrf "non- fell -in the "National Park district and there is practically no shelter for about four miles Behind the house, there is fairly dense bush, and it seems likely that Graves would try to force his way through to get to the railway line. Snow fell all through Sunday night and there was a high wind, so that, unless he was able to find shelter before nightfall, lie would have to spend the night in the bush. Day. and night, search parties are ont, and all points are being watched for signs of the prisoner.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19132, 29 September 1936, Page 9
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