POWELKA AGAIN AT LARGE

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3307, 28 August 1911, Page 5

POWELKA AGAIN AT LARGE

SECOND ESCAPE FROM WELLINGTON GAOL. DASH FOR FREEDOM IN THE DARKNESS. A SUGGESTION OF ASSISTANCE. [PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION.! WELLINGTON, August 27. Joseph Powelka, the notorious man who was sentenced to twenty-one years’ imprisonment for burglaries and arson in Palmerston North and district, made a second escape from the Wellington Terrace gaol early this morning, some time between 4 and 6 o’clock. Powelka bodily forced a small grating out of the cell. The grating opened into the yard, and, favored by the darkness, the prisoner got clear away. A little later a milkman reported having seen a man in white running near the Kilbirnie power house towards the Botanical Gardens. Sixty odd police and warders are now searching in all directions. The gardens have been thoroughly explored without result. Another man reports having seen a person corresponding in description to Powelka hurrying along a Hutt bystreet in the direction of the Wainui bush'. . It is stated that the grating was screwed on from the outside, and that the screws had been removed, and the holes filled 1 in with putty, so that all Powelka had to do was to force the grating through at a convenient moment. It has been raining all day.

WHERE WILL HE GO?

AN OPINION FROM PALMERSTON

PALMERSTON N., August 27. The announcement of Powelka’s escape has caused considerable interest here. His wife and child are still residing in the district, and it is thought he will make for here.