THE ESCAPED PRISONER.
News wes telephoned to the local police on Friday morning tb{tt a mr-n had broken iuto Mr Hughson's store at Obito during the night, but had tsc.iped. It appears Mr Hughaon he ltd some on* in the st\>re, und obtained the assistance of a neighbour whom he pos ed outside the shop door, and then hiun.S'/lf eutend by the ba;k way, but the unwelcome visitor, on bijing dihtui'bed made a . ush for it, the outs-.de guardian failing to arrest him. Although cha«td tbo man got away. A search revealed the fact that the man had left a bag outside in which ] wtTii found a pair of prison trousers,' so that it is assumed the would-be thief 1 was the chciped prisoner McDonald. Owing t.> be ng disturbe !. and to his hurried r t t eat, he does not nppe»r to have apprcpiiated much of Mr Hughson's property. The police are now endeavouring to track the mas, and a good look out is being kept.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 86, 22 March 1902, Page 2
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167THE ESCAPED PRISONER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 86, 22 March 1902, Page 2
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