POWELKA'S ESCAPE.
It seams an exflraorcliiniairy .thing that it "should be possible for :a notorious criminal like Josseph Powelka to make his escape from the Wellington Terrace. Gaol twice within a period of. » few; days. There must be something wrongisomewihisre, and the publicwill not he satisfied until the Minister in. Charge causes ia. .thorough invesltiga.tion to he made. It is to he hoped' that tlia people will mot display the needless, alarm vmey did on the lastoccasion this criminal was at large. Whatever' his ■. other faults may he, Powelka is mot a homicide, and the public (need not' goi about with a .six-, shooter' in l -' its Mp pocket!:.. Neither should it display a too ke*n anxiety fodo jthio: wipdj. of the police. The fatfceojf poor iMicbJael :, Quo'rke-. should be a sufficient warning. ' '".-.,. -
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10405, 28 August 1911, Page 4
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133POWELKA'S ESCAPE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10405, 28 August 1911, Page 4
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