The Escaped Convict, Gaspanrini.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 45, 22 September 1888, Page 2

The Escaped Convict, Gaspanrini.

'•'.■■■ l:< •■■ ■' : '-+r-. ~r— ■. . . .-.:• ..; .;/ . ;By Kfectrie Telegraph.— Copyright.: •_ ; \ PEK TOOTED PRESS ABSOCIATIO/N. j . "J Sydxbt, September 31. , : The detective authorities : 'here "do not believe that Gaspatini jumped ; overboard on the voyage of the Wak- : atipu from Wellington to Sydney, and. \ are of opinion that as he was only convicted of fraudulent bankruptcy he was able to command plenty of money aud sympathy. The detectives believe Gasparini was on board the Wakatipu i when search was fruitlessly made. The French Consul- General has expressed indignation at the action of aMinister of a Crown in New Zealand, who, it is stated, frequently concerned himself in , Gasparini's behalf, in ref- ■ erence to raising subscriptions to defray the cost of applying for a : writ of | habeas corpus' for the release of : the prisoner in Sydney! An- official cpm- ' mtmication has been received by the> Consul-General stating that the Minister referred to conversed with Gas- , parini on the Wellington wharf, just prior to the steamer departing, and that he also gave messages to the de- > tective who was. in charge of . the prisoner. An Attache-Consulate states-: that he saw a man resembling Gas- ■ parini in the streets of Sydney after the arrival of the steamer, and called 1 the attention of Detective Walker to ; the circumstance, but he denied that ; the man was Gasparini.