ESCAPED PRISONER CAPTURED
SYDNEY, June 26. Alfred Neill, a prisoner with many aliases, recently escaped from Mildura and eluded the police till he drove into Broken Hill, allegedly in a stolen car. He took a female acquaintance aboard nd headed for the back country. A police car pursued in a made chase through rough country, and was overtaking the fugitives when a tyre blew out. A second car was procured and the police again got within striking distance when a wheel came off. Finally, after a sensational pursuit ■ over five hundred miles, Neill and his companion were captured asleep in the bush. -v
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19048, 27 June 1924, Page 11
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103ESCAPED PRISONER CAPTURED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19048, 27 June 1924, Page 11
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