ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3100, 25 January 1909, Page 5

ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.

By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, January 24. Archibald John McNeil, who was ■ serving a sentence in the Terrace Gaol for obtaining money on false pre- • tences, es:aped yesterday morni i; at <% about 11 o'clock. He was in the - yard in charge of a warder, when he bolted down the hill and escaped attention. He was seen making for the gully at the back of the gaol, and -evidently hid himself amongst the scrub there, with the intention of getting clear away from the prison. McNeil has broken bounds before, a the time whe.-j he was deemed to be an habitual criminal, and was on probation on a Government farm in Taranaki. He then got clear away and reached Wellington, where he " was alleged to have committed the farther offence of procuring money by false pretences. Subsequently he was arrested and sent to ga >1 The following description of Mc- * Neil is given by the gaol authorities Thirty-five years of age, sft sJin in height, medium build, fair complexion, close shaven brown hair and brown eyes, has a slight scar on the bridge of the nose, and the first finger of the right hand is crooked at the first joint. Up to this afternoon the escapee had not _4>®e%jecaptured. He was seen in Wookombe Street, not far from the gaol, at 10 o'clock last night.