Five Prisoners Escape From Gaol
TAUMARUNUI, June 11. Five prisoners wlio arrived_ by express from Auckland last night for the Waikune Prison camp s^on gained their liberty, escaping from Waikune about four o'clock this morning. It is chought that they may have boarded a north-bound goods tr.ain passing through National Park about the time of their escape. All the escaped men were dressed in civilian clothes when they escaped. A description of tneir clo thing is unavailable. The names of the escaped prisoners are Lennard Lloyd Ward Dean, aged 24; Lennard Albert Wells, aged 25; Ivan Henry Henwood, aged 21 ;« Dawson Gus King, aged 25, and Reuben Te Whaitai Nepia, aged 28.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 June 1948, Page 5
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112Five Prisoners Escape From Gaol Chronicle (Levin), 11 June 1948, Page 5
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