ESCAPED PRISONER
SEARCH. UNSUCCESSFUL POSSIBLY LOST IN BUSH Feors that the prisoner, .folm William Graves, vtho escaped fjoni Waikune camp earlier in, the week, may he lost in tluv alfrloAb impenetrable virgin bush between National Park and IManunui are held by the police. Although' searches wore-continued on Thursday from Ilaurinin,;Maij.gj|,iii,,..olii.ilfune and Toknauu, no trace was-found of t.he- missing-man. Frfesh' boot' prints, seers by searchers in the hanks of the Wliakapapanui Streifm, a tributary of the Whakapapa, on Wednesday afternoon are thought to have- been -left by Graves. -They were pointing in the direction of (lie bush. Wnydera . recall that an escaped prisoner,who made, Ibf. the bush about fontyears .ago 'took seven days to find his way out,..although he was an experienced l iushmani Una hie to procure food 1 or drink, he was in a demented state when found/:
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19136, 3 October 1936, Page 2
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139ESCAPED PRISONER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19136, 3 October 1936, Page 2
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