CASPARINI'S ESCAPE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1951, 22 September 1888, Page 3

CASPARINI'S ESCAPE

(PER PRBS3 ASSOCIATION.)

I Sydney, September 21. The detective authorities here do not believe that Gasparlnl jumped overboard : on the voyage of the Wakatipu from Wellington to Sydney, and are of opinion that as he was only oonvioted of fraudulent bankruptcy, he was able to command plenty of money and sympathy. The detectives believe that Gaaparinl waa on board the Wakatipu when search was fruitlessly made for him- The French Oonaul-General here has expressed indignation at the action of a Minister of the Crown la New Zealand, who It is skated, prominently concerned himself In Gaßparinl's behalf, m reference to raising a subscription to defray the coat of applying for a writ of habtas corpus for the release of the prisoner In Sydney; An official communication has been received by the Consul- General, Btatiog that the Minister referred to conversed with Gaeparlnl on the Wellington wharf jast prior to the departure of the steamer Wakatipu, and that he also gave a message to the deteotive who was In obarge of tho prisoner. An attache to tbe Consul states that be saw a man resembling Gasparlni la the streets of Sydney after the Wakatlpu'a arrival, and called the attention of Deteotive Walker to him, but he denied tbe man was Gieparinl. Tbe attache adheres to the belief that this man wbb Gasparlni.

Auckland, September 22 The French convict Oury went by the last mail steamer to San Francisco. He promised to write from Honolulu to a Frenchman here and give the address of Gasparlni who, he ssaertß, is at large. Detective Walker ridloules the Idea that Gasparinl escaped alive from the afceam9r. He states the saarch was most complete. Tho ooal bunkers were nearly emp'y and were thoroughly searched, and the searchers alao went through the bilge and In the apace beneath the boilers whioh was nearly red hot. He is of opinion that the rumora of his escape have beeD circulated to do him Injury. There is absolotsly no foundation for the statement that a conBular attache at Sydney pointed out aoy one to him as resembling Gaspadn', The story is a pure fabrication.