MENTAL ESCAPEES
GIVEN LIFT BY MOTORIST THREAT WITH TOY PISTOL I Per Press Association.j CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 14. A motorist named Charles Thompson, of Southbridge, had au uncomfortable drive yesterday when returning from Dunedin. He gave two men a lift at Kartigi They were escapees from the Seacliff Mental Hospital, but Thompson did not become aware of this till they were near Tiinaru, when? the men were taken into custody. On tho journey the party was stopped twice and questioned by constables who were on the look-out. Approaching Tiinaru one ol the men produced a pistol and threatened to shoot the motoris’ unless he drove north as quickly as possible. The warnings were enipha sised with occasional prods in the back. Thompson, however, stopped the car alongside Constable Swan, who wa** wailing on the Saltwater Creek bridge, and told the constable that his pas sengers were the escaped men. The car was later examined, and underneath the seat was found a harm less toy pistol
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 270, 15 November 1932, Page 8
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164MENTAL ESCAPEES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 270, 15 November 1932, Page 8
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