News of Jonathan Roberts.
The ease of Jonathan Roberts, the Aew Zealand "Jack Sheppard" is now definitely cleared up, and it is known that the man is in Valparaiso at the present time, editing a newspaper, It will be remembered that Roberts escaped no fewer than three times from gaols in New Zealand, and on the last occasion he succeeded in eluding tliepolice, and getting out of the country. Since then various rumours have been current as to his whereabouts, soino of the Maoriland papers stating some two years ago that he was fighting with the Government troops in the Chilian revolution, and held a high command. Since then nothing has been heard of the clever gaol breaker until a f'".v days ago, when a member of the stall' of ilii\ journal who know him in N.Z. received a letter from Chili giving n sketch of his career, It ! appeal's that the writer, who is the captain of a ship, also knows Roberts, and met him in Valparaiso, The escaped convict assured him that after breaking from gaol, he reached Newcastle in a schooner, and at this port he shipped before the mast in a coal-laden vessel for Iquique, Chili, Roberts never fought in the war, and although his past life is known to a considerable number of people, he has many friends and lives rather a fast life.—Newcastle Morning Herald,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4724, 18 May 1894, Page 3
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231News of Jonathan Roberts. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4724, 18 May 1894, Page 3
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