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ROTORUA POLICE LEAVE T.( SEARCH FOR ESCAPED i PRISONERS .....j Following the receipt of inforp tion that the two escaped prison] from the Hautu prison farm had bj seen on the Taupo road on Sun] night, a posse of police left Botoi yesterday and are conducting a S$j of the area. . 1 It is now ascertained that onej the men who escaped was Chafl Bennett and not Augustine "Wffll Sullivan as was first reported to I police. Sullivan is still in the ca| hut the other man, Bennett, is i:n^ • | The two escapees are believeoj have struck -the main road near l kaanu, and after several unsuccj ful attempts to appropriate carS'| ally removed a large blue Chrjj belonging to Mr. R. E.' Cuthberi of Tokaanu. They were still L1 ?| ession of this car when last seeri The registered number of thej is 95-889 and it has a large cafl on the back. William Edgar the older of the two men is 5ft. ]| in height, fresh complexioned, i dark brown hair and blue eyeS-1 is of medium build and has a scaj| the right cheek. The other 9 Bennett, is 26 years Pf age 5ft. lOins. in height with dark hair. and grey eyes. 9 The two men are believed to ■ occupied a hut on the Taupo 9 on Sunday : night, and to he st'9 the Taupo district, S
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 155, 23 February 1932, Page 4
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