LIONEL TERRY.

NZ Truth, Issue 67, 29 September 1906, Page 4

LIONEL TERRY.

DETAILS OF HIS RECAPTURE.. (By Wire— From Our Christchurch Correspondents ' It now transpires that Lionel Terry had no friends to keep him m hiding. He tramped away on his own and was evidently making for the West Coast. A man driving a trap gave him a lift for a number of miles, but he was unaware of the identity. of his nassenirer, who seemed to revel m telling- yarns about fighting. The escapee had forded tl\e Waimakariri river up to his armpits and he says that had it not been for some pieces of wood he would have been drowned. Why he didn't swim across Terry doesn't vouchsafe to say. However he took cover m some scrub on the other side, dried his matches, lit a fire and then dried his clothes. He got a feed at a farm house and he wouldn't have entered Sheffield so boldly but for hunger. He arrived there m the afternoon and chatted affably to a number of people, who soon recognised him, owing to the ■■ description published m the papers. Terry couldn't KEEP HIS CLAPPER QUIET about the race problem and then suspicion as to his identity resolved itself into certainty. He v/alked into the smokinc room of Maher's hotel, but didn't like to enter the dining room, as he had no cash. He thought that somebody might ask him into dinner and that was'" why he stopped m the smoking room. The stationmaster, Truman, had m the meantime sent a message to Constable Dillon at Annat (there's no policeman at Sheffield) and on the constable arriving at the hotel he entered into conversation with Terry about farming "- and one thing and another.' Then, being sure of , his man. he went out to get. assistance, for Terry's massive frame looked top strong for him to tackle single-handed. Terry 1 followed him out into the passage, however, and. being fearful lest he should get away, I Dillon at once charged him with having escaped from Sunnyside. Terry denied this a,nd protested . against being interfered with, but THE PEELER TACKLED HIM. Terry was too goad for the" cop, though, and it was not until Maher and Truman lent a hand that he was handcuffed ; then he was quite tractable and gave no further trouble., He is ■now lodged at Sunnyside again, but will be kept under stricter surveillance. Terry hates the lunatic asylum, preferring to be m gaol. He says the madhouse is no place for him. There is nobody to talk to and patients spit on his food and pick. it up and strike him m the face with it. He had not blucher boots on when arrested, but his own shoes, however he managed to get them. He refuses to give any information as to how he escaped, but admits that he received assistance, but nomof the warders were implicated.