RE-CAPTURE OF A PRISONER.
[Per Press Association.]
AUCKLAND, Jan. 6.
Alley, ' who escaped from gaol, was captured to-night after a sharp tussle by Chief Detective Grace, single-handed, in a house in Stanley Street, Mechanics' Bay. It has been ascertained^fchat since his escape Alley has been living in a gulley in the domain, and he was fed by boys till Saturday night, when he became a lodger in the house where he was captured. Alley had .£2 16s and proper clothes on, so he must have been assisted in some way or other by sympathisers.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5456, 7 January 1896, Page 3
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94RE-CAPTURE OF A PRISONER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5456, 7 January 1896, Page 3
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