“A DANGEROUS MAN”

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 302, 21 December 1931, Page 7

“A DANGEROUS MAN”

Convict Escapes from Auckland Hospital. STOLE CLOTHING. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, December 21. A man serving a long prison sentence and regarded by the police as a dangerous criminal, gThomas William Wilson, aged twenty-six, escaped last night from the Auckland Hospital. He was removed to the hospital from the prison on Thursday, suffering from internal trouble. Nobody saw him go. He was in bed at 10 o’clock and at about 10.30 the house adjoining the hospital grounds was entered, presumably by the escapee, and a pair of grey trousers and a black and white check coat were t stolen from a balcony room, where two young men were sleeping. Wilson is sft 7in in height, with a fresh complexion, brown hair, and blue eyes, the right eye being nearly closed by a cataract. He was sentenced at Dunedin-on June 18 to a total of five years’ hard labour, to be followed by reformative detention. Mr Justice Kennedy then said that in six months Wilson had stolen goods worth £4791, of which £3OOO in jewellery had not been recovered. These proceeds most likely he hoped to enjoy when releasd. The Judge said he regarded the prisoner as callous, brutal and dangerous.