Eludes the Police.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3778, 14 December 1907, Page 3

Eludes the Police.

Dukedin, Dec. 11. For some days past nothing was heard of Lionel Terry, who escaped from Seaclilf Mental Hospital, three weeks ago. To-day, however, Detective Hunt, of Dunedin, and Constable Kidd, of Waikouaiti, came across him in the back country. As they approached him, Terry’s suspicions became aroused, and he placed a barbed wire fence between them and himself. He admitted his identity, and said he was aware they were police officers. On being invited to accompany them, Terry said he was not yet tired of his free life, and thereupon walked away. The officers pursued him on foot, but he ran at full speed and sought cover in dense bush, where he was searched for in vain. In the course of the chase Detective Hunt fell heavily, and suffered a nasty gash on the forehead, also injuring his hand by coming in contact with boulders with which the ground was strewn. The police state that Terry was wearing boots, instead of the sandals in which he escaped, and that he looked remarkably fresh and hearty.