Gasparini, the Convict
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF HIS ESCAPE.
| PER UNITED PBKBS ASSOCIATION, i Auckland. This Day. The Sydney Evening News oi Thursday last, reached here by the Te Anau to-day, says : — "The steamei Wakatipu, just arrived from Welling- . ton, had on board Gasparini, the escaped convict from New Caledonia, in charge of Detective Walker. At daybreak this morning the prisoner wag 1 missing, and a search has been made throughout the ship, without success. The Water Police and the Sydney French Consul are now making further search. It is believed that , the prisoner either jumped overboard during the night (he was seen on deck at 2 a.m. to-day), or is concealed by some of the crew. There is great excitement on the wharf.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 30, 21 August 1888, Page 2
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