POWELKA STILL AT LARGE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 784, 6 April 1910, Page 8

POWELKA STILL AT LARGE.

-~'-(From'Clnr'Special .Correspondent)'...' Palmerston North, April 5. , There is a. very" uneasy feeling'among .residents, . especially on, the outskirts of the town, • since the Powelka episode on Saturday... Many .people.gave ex> •pression, 'to : " their.- delight' when they heard: that--he had escaped from the' Wellington- police,, but they are just, as anxious, now to hear, of his recapture. There are those among us ,who believe that Saturday night's incident has been greatly overdrawn, and even, express doubt .whether .the man was really Powelka. The victims of. the outrage,-however, Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, wore very familiar with Powelka, having. known, him for. a -considerable period, and they are very, positive 33 to his identity. And the circumstances altogether • are in .keeping with PoweJka's previous movements. He' knows that part of the district very familMrly,' and Would naturally make for where he knew he could get food ' and' shelter. The police are,, of course, doing their best to run the man down, but it is something--.like'- looking' for- a "needle in a haystack." Anyhow, we will all be very thankful when the'fellow has been once again placed behind safebars..

THE POLICE'S PROBLEM. . •(By Telegraph.—Press. Association.) ■ ■.-■'' Palmerstofr North, April 5. Powclka is not yet raught, and'then are all sorts 1 ; of rumours concerning him. Extra police are Being requisitioned {from• Wanganui, and' searches are being continued. The police here have been continuously on the move for the last week/, but it seems that; he never .goes out by day, and it is diffi* cult to find him at- night.