A PRISONER RECAPTURED.
AUCKLAND, May 14. Easton, the escaped prisoner, was recaptured at Rangitaiki. When confronted by Constables Ryan and Neill, he had concealed in his trous ers pocket a fully-loaded five-chamber revolver.
Ryan, observing a peculiar movement on the part of Easton, sprang upon him and handcuffed him as he drew the revolver. Easton remarked, "You were a bit too smart for me, or I would have put a couple into you."
After escaping from camp, Easton, representing himself to be a warder pursuing an escaped prisoner, borrowed a horse from a roadman. He rode the horse within a mile of Taupo, and then cast it adrift, throwing saddle and bridle into some scrub.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9090, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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115A PRISONER RECAPTURED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9090, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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