TOOK PONY AND FLED FROM CAMP.
BORSTAL MAN MAKES GOOD HIS ESCAPE. Per Press Assoc!ation. TE AWAMUTU. February 10. An inmate of the Borstal Institute at Waikeria named Darrel Barnaby escaped during Wednesday night from a camp on Korakonui Road, taking with him a dark bay pony' - marc, a bridle and a length of rope. Barnaby is described as aged twenty-four, height sft 7in, of slight build, fresh complexion, brown hair,; blue eyes, and with a scar on the right side of the chin. He was wearing blue denim trousers. a black cloth regulation coat, and probably a cap and heavy nailed boots. Barnaby has a knowledge of motor-cars, as on a previous escape from a southern institution he stole a car. The staff from Waikeria and the police are conducting a search. They have found no trace so far, but believe that Barnaby has made off into the King Country.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18385, 10 February 1928, Page 5
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