ESCAPED PRISONER FROM BORSTAL IS AGAIN IN CUSTODY.
HAD SHOTGUN HIDDEN WITH STOLEN PROPERTY.
INVERCARGILL, April 20. During his three days of freedom Thomas George Flanagan, the Borstal escapee who broke away from custody at 4 p.m. on Tuesday and disappeared into the bush at Otatara, did not succeed in getting clear of the vigilantlyguarded area encircling Invercargill, and was recaptured near Mill Road railway station at about nine o’clock on Saturday morning. On Friday evening the authorities were practically at a dead end, having followed up several clues without effecting a capture, though all means of egress from the restricted area were strictly watched. Nothing of value was found in his clothing, but before returning to the institution Flanagan made a statement that he had secreted some stolen property at Clifton. On proceeding to this spot officers found! a single-barreled shotgun with the stock damaged. It is evident that while he was at large Flanagan had entered several houses, for he had obtained both food and clothes.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18451, 30 April 1928, Page 11
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