SECOND GETAWAY

Grey River Argus, 3 June 1943, Page 4

SECOND GETAWAY

Prisoner on Train

AT OTAHUHU. PA AUCKLAND, June 2. Iri his second escape from custody this year, a' prisoner eluded his escort while on a train from Ohahuhu at 4.20 p.m. to-day, and he had not been recaptured late to-night. He was Francis Henry Gordon Guilford, aged 51, who previously escaped from the cells at the Central Police Station on February 21. On that occasion, he scaled a; 20 foot wall and broke through heavy gau-ge wire netting at the top. ... „ , , . He was being brought to Auckland to-day. when he disappeared after being given permission to use the washroom in his carriage. Guilford made good his escape in February. In spite of an intensive search by the police, he was at large for nearly two months, and was eventually recaptured in the fj'outh Island. After being charged with a series of offences in other centres, he was being brought to Auckland to answer other charges. _____