STILL IN HIDING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 793, 16 April 1910, Page 6

STILL IN HIDING.

TBB BIINNYTHORPE INCIDENT. ''■ :V I r ; 'T - .. , tSEARCH PROCEEDING VIGOROUSLY (By. Tateerarh.—Soeotal OorrejponiJent.l ' Palmarston, North, April 15. TJiere is practically nothing to re'port m caimection with the,. Powellsa affair, certainly nothing of importance. Reports were circulated in the town . this morning that one resident had been arrested;- for aiding and abetting Powelka, and another for personating the Man; but they were incorrect, the police (having no knowledge of the matter. ■ One result of tie scare is 'that the various friendly societies', lodges in the town are ! having very small attendisnces at their meetings, the presump;|iion. being . that' the wives of members .will not allow them to go out at night. rAt one meeting at which : there' were' icsventeen present, only ,two were married men, and this couple had to leave Wore the business was concluded. It ia believed that Powelka is hiding somewhere in the Kimbolton district, and the search! for him, is being 'actively oarried out.; The town is well •policed, a large number of. men being Sm patrol all night. The Borough vkrancil is keeping the gas lamps, all .over the borough, alight ail night, and 'the four bridges over the water-supply .mains pass are watched at night by thorough employees. ',

: ", "Further . information from Bunny- ,: . / 'thorpe shows that the man seen there. ; i ..., *n' Tuesday morning, .was'not in. view fenore than half a. minute,, and ..the. v . .. morning' about. four. o'clock was . very. '■] ■■'■: jdark,' so that it'is quite:impossible ■;• ■;:,' ftp say.whether it' was Powelka or.not. •y : XM course the man's actions in running : - . faway so promptly, and the finding of '''.'-.;.'. rthe sack .'with , ; provisions, all point .v -to it being Powelka, but'all , the same ■' ' Hhere is just a .possibility, that it .was . ■-. 'not-the fugitive at all. V : . /. ■-~' ..To-day in Palmerston' has been ex- • : Vtreinely quiet, no.-news of the escapee! :. j 'coming to hand at all. . .;'.'■' :: ». ~- Another .thunderstorm occurred this .;'■-■; V. lafternobn, an'd;the rain fell literally Via '■■'■ ".'/sheets 'for -a. considerable -time. : The '.- too, 'has !lowered a'good ;:/ Meal.and tbose 'whose, duty-.calls"them ~ -.pout are ..haying .'a most unpleasant time ■.'■'. ~--: - .-'<rf.-' ifc:.'..-; 1 , .-.,./■ :■-./. ~; ■ .-.■■.;•'.■ -..:. '. : Unless Powelka .has good food . and ..',: leheKer things ;will be going lyery hard •'-.-.:■■/'^^.jwith;him under present climatic con- ■-.■'; ', yitipns^. ■ .-j] : - ■'" _■■- .V : y,'■';■'■• -, .'•■■: ■ .'■ :■ . •■ 'r:\ ■■'■' . "';•''■ "— -.■