THREE MEN BREAK GAOL

Chronicle (Levin), 4 June 1947, Page 5

THREE MEN BREAK GAOL

WELLINGTON, 'May 3. An intensive police liunt was beguu in Wellington this al'ternoon when three inniates of IMount Grawford prison escaped from a working party shortly after 3.3(1 o'clock. Lp ti 11 11 late hour tonight they had not been apprehended. The escaped prisoners are Jesse le Roy Hines, aged 32; Desmond Ilalliday. aged 31; and John Anderson Ilislop, aged 24. The police state that both Hines and Ilalliday boar distinguishing marks the former liaving a scar on the rigli; temple and the latter a scar on his right cheek. Ilalliday and Ilislop are about 5ft 7in in lieight. Hines is fou>" inclies taller. All are men of darh colouri n g. Hines, an Ameriean and formerly a seaman, made a successful break from Waikato prison three weeks ago and snbspquently gave himself up'. He was serving a sentence of one year for housebreaking and at the timo of the first escape had only two montlis of his tcrin to run. Although the men escaped today ui regulation prison garb of white tronsers, grey coats and white eaps/the police thouglit that the trio would make an early effort to seeure clothing of n more eonventiorial nature and housos known to be unoecupied were conse quently watehed elosely. After five hours of fruitless. scarelung, the party was angmented by a further force of constables,