Escaped Lunatics.
Thomas Holloway escaped from the Seacliff Asylum on the 23rd ultimo. Description : About forty-three years of age, about 5 ft. in. high, medium build, dark complexion, hair, beard, and moustache ; dressed in faded brown moleskin suit, dark tweed hat, blucher boots, cross branded on clothing. He was committed from Dunedin on the 20tb June, 1889.
Prank Parker Hodgkins escaped from the Seacliff Asylum on the Ist instant. Description: A native of New Zealand, twenty-three years of age, 5 ft. 8 in. high, slight build, dark complexion and hair, very slight moustache; dressed in light tweed sac suit and grey tweed cap ; clothes not branded. Ho was committed from Dunedin on the 19th ultimo.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXV, Issue 17, 14 August 1901, Page 191
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115Escaped Lunatics. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXV, Issue 17, 14 August 1901, Page 191
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