ESCAPE FROM DUNEDIN GAOL
PRISONER , RECAPTURED AT - BRUNNERTON
(By T^egraph—Press Association) DUNEDIN, 12th July. For the first time since his recapture at Brunnerton the story of William Rainsdon Avery’s escape from the Dunedin gaol on 6th June was told to-day in the Police Court. He walked out of the prisfin gate early in the morning when it was open for tradesmen, crossed the railway line to where the steamer Karetu was lying, and according to his tale was'secreted on board by some of the crew.' He left the vessel at Lyttelton, stole a bicycle, and cycled to Greymouth, going then to Brunnerton, where he obtained work in the mines. He was this morning charged with stealing a motor car at Cave on 18fch May, theft at Momona on 21st May, burglary and theft of a safe at Dunedin, and escaping from prison. He pleaded guilty and was committed for sentence on all the charges.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 13 July 1929, Page 7
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154ESCAPE FROM DUNEDIN GAOL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 13 July 1929, Page 7
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