STILL AT LARGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1029, 21 July 1930, Page 10

STILL AT LARGE

PRISONER IN HOSPmi BREAKS PAROLE MOTOR-CAR MISSED Nothing further ha» been h Francis Gomez, the prisoneTw I Mount Eden Gaol who escape yesterday morning from the p?’ Hospital, where he was I medical attention to one of hfc** It is believed that Gomez j* his way to the South in ► motor-car and a keen look-out i 8 S kept for him. Gomez broke ~ parole at the hospital and , ,** a suit of clothes stolen froaiT. 1 ) mate. I Gomez was admitted to the w, on July 4 and placed iu ward 24 is on the first floor of the WiE, Ward. The injury to his eye w not serious, and it is thought Bbi. ; that he dressed quietly and wuL out of the door of the ward and d-» to the ground floor, from whja,, could easily have escaped to . shelter of the Domain. ON PAROLE When prisoners from the gajj , admitted to the hospital ther treated as ordinary patients. ’ twin cases where a prisoner is iS: to be dangerous or shows suiS? tendencies is he watched, anl usual proceeding is to place a nut ~ parole. Gomez was not guarded, h f had been paroled. Auckland detectives are of the 0 , ion that Gomez was -esponsitle fcthe disappearance, between Salary evening and Sunday morning, el two-seater motor-car. owned iy g. G. E. Hunter, who lives at 331 Gni South Road, Ellerslle. The vehiu which is a 192 S model Buict, i painted green, and bears the regiets tion number 7-795. The upper jet of the windscreen is broken. WAS MOTOR-DRIVER Gomez, who is a motor-driver tooccupation, is 3u years of age. Bf is sft sin in height, and bai feneyes and a fresh complexion. Hi hair is brown. At the time of fa escape he had no teeth, havipg it his artificial denture behind. Clod ing belonging to another patient taken, the principal items btiig i double-breasted navy blue coat, a jar of brown trousers, a pair of bron shoes, a grey felt hat and a rtrips shirt. On several charges of breakings! entering and theft, Gomez was m fenced to five years’ imprisonnen: a Wellington on February 4. 1921. WAIKUNE ESCAPE No word has yet been received fe> the Auckland police of the reap Ur. of James Alexander Scorringe, *l, escaped from the Waikune Prim Camp on Thursday evening. Sconhp is 23 years of age. He is Sfi Siz z height, and has a sallow ton:pknc and dark brown hair with grey rra.