RUN TO EARTH.

West Coast Times, 18 March 1910, Page 1

RUN TO EARTH.

C’APTTKK OK JOS 10PH POWKLKA

■(•‘ALMKHSTOX N., March 1-1

Tilt' i;rii:.<■Joseph Powellci, who escaped from liu' Palmerston pool : ',i middav on Saturday, was recaptured about two o’clock this afternoon at Awabnri. About n dozen mnnhers of the Palmerston end Kieldinp police, with the officers stationed in the outdistrictl of Ashhurst and Ranpotea, etc., continuously scoured the country from the time of Powelka’s escape, and they formed such a cordon that it was almost impossible for him to pet through. About 7 o’clock this moraine;, Korpeant Houden, of Kieldinp, went into some send, in a pnlly between that town and Kimholton, to lie in wait, and was somewhat surprised, as he eni a -tin ~f Hie send', to see his

f showed a clean pair of heels, and 'before the sergeant could get on to the rising ground the fugitive, had disapj pea red from view, and it was imposI siblo to tell which way he had gone. However, the whereabouts of the escapee had now been located, and Ser-| geant Bowden at once dispatched messages- all around that the man was in the vicinity, and, of course, the whole . of the constables who were out search-, ing were doubly on the qui vivo.

The deuoumeut came about So’cloek this afternoon. While Constables Barry and O’Sullivan were standing on the verandah of the store at Awahuri they .saiv Powclka walking past. Constable O’Sullivan at once mounted a bicycle and got ahead of Powelka, while Constable Barry simultaneously closed up in the rear. Realising that he was in the toils, Powelka, made no resistance whatever, and the constables proceeded to handcuff him. Powelka, standing calmly, remarked; “Ob, you needn’t put On the handcuffs; I will come quietly,” but, warned by previous experiences, tbo officers of the law judged it best to he on the safe side, and acted accordingly. Word was then sent through to Palmerston, andf a motor car was sent out to meet the trio and bring thorn into town.

The prisoner is now safely lodged in gaol again, and, needless to say, wdl not he given any more chances. When captured, Powclka was wearing an overcoat, and was carrying a swag and hilly. No trace lias yet boon found of the bicycle belonging to Mr I rank Kendall, which Powclka got away on.