THE ABSCONDER MYERS.
(BY telegraph —press association.) Wellington, Last Night. Captain Moffatt, of the steamer Maori, in which Joseph Myers escaped to Monte Video, was examined before the Official Assignee to-day. The Captain said four hours after leaviug Wellington he found Myers on board, the latter offered an order on a firm in London for his passage money which was declined, and Myers was put to work among the crew, being landed at Monte Video as a stowaway. All Myers had on board was a small parcel and an overcoat. Witness uever knew Myers before he left Wellington. All through the voyage Myers called himself Marks. Winess was annoyed to think people thought he had connived at Myers' escape.
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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 414, 25 March 1899, Page 2
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