BUCKLEY STILL AT LARGE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3803, 9 June 1928, Page 3

BUCKLEY STILL AT LARGE.

Auckland, June 7. John' Buckley has now been at liberty since May 25, when in cornpa n\- with Frank Bailer he made a sensational escape from Mount Eden Prison. Since he eluded the police at Birkenhead and Northcote last Saturday Buckley has neither been seen nor heard of. The same can also be said of a high-powered Packard motor-car belonging to Mr. A. P. Robinson, which was stolen from Remuera on Saturday night last. It is believed that IBuickley took this car and made a dash into the country. Two outfitting shops were entered —one at Taumarunui and one at Taihapc —on Tuesday night, when clothing and money were stolen. It is quite possible that the escaped prisiner might have been responsible for these burglaries so as to obtain fresh clothing.

Taumarunui, Yesterday. Yesterday afternoon the local police received information that a Packard motor car had been found abandoned near a farmhouse at Kikimutu, twelve or fourteen miles south of Taumarunui. Investigation proved that the ear was one which had been stolen from Auckland last week, and the opinion was expressed that the escaped prisoner, Buckley, used the car to make his way into the King Country, where he abandoned it, probably owing -to the benzine giving out.. It is believed that the car passed through Taumarunui on Sunday night. Further information in regard to the stolen Packard car shows that Buckley abandoned it on Sunday afternoon and persuaded a settler to drive him to Owhango and the settler, unaware of his identity, expected him to return for the car, hence his delay in notifying the police, who did not know of the car’s abandonment until yesterday. Meanwhile Buckley, who has friends in this district and knows the country well, is still at large.