ESCAPE FROM GAOL
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Habitual Criminal At Large
(By Telegranh—
GISBORNE ,This Day. Charles Frederick Murphy, a halfcaste Maori convicted yesterday on charges of theft and false pretences, disappeaied from the Gisborne gaol overnight. He was last seen by the gaoler, Mr Davies, at 11.39 p.m. and his cell was found empty at 6.30 th'is morning. It is believed that Murphy cut his way out of the cell with a hacksaw. He was declared an habitual criminal last week at Napier and has previously converted cars. i.The fact that a fast car was missing from a Gisborne residence this morning is linked with Murphy's disappearance. The ©ar is a Sedan, number 58,864t The escapee left his overcoat behind and was wearing a blue serge suit. His height is 5 feet 8ins., slightly built^ the left leg being shorter than the right and the fingefnail on one finger of his left hand being deformed. The escaped prisoner was subsequently recaptured at Ruatoria in possession of another car which had been taken from Gisborne. .
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 175, 11 August 1937, Page 6
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