THE USUAL SEARCH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 207, 21 January 1913, Page 5

THE USUAL SEARCH.

AXD WHAT IT REVEALED. Auckland, January 17. Edgar Lansing'Huston, the man who lias already gained considerable notoriety by twice slipping away from custody while under arrest for breaking'aijd entering, comes again under public notice in a similar capacity. After his final recapture, he wjis sentenced toj a ; term of imprisonment, and lodged in Mount Eden gaol. There the practice' is to search each prisoner after the - day's work, prior to their return to the cells, and on Tuesday evening Huston,! when subjected to the usual search, was found to have secreted about his clothing several tools, including a screw bolt 'and a long punch of the kind used by stonemasons. It is believed that another prisoner, named John Paul, who wirks iu | the plumbers' shop attached to/the gaol, forged the screw bolt for'Huston. Both Huston and Paul have consequently been placed under close restraint,"and will Appear before Mr. E. 0. Cut,i;cri, S.M., at the gaol, on the charge of procuring tools, with a view to escaping. " ;