Justice and Paul Ami

Justice caught up with Paul imi, at Lae, in January, after allowing close behind since 953.

Paul Ami, of Beipa Village, iairuka, Papua, broke into the tore of E. Serafini, at Lae, in March, 1953, and stole firearms.

Four months later he again mtered the store, stealing immunition.

In April, 1955, he was arrested or both crimes and was given hree years’ gaol. But the con ations in gaol apparently did tot suit Ami and after two oeeks he tried to escape. Caught, le was sentenced to an extra nonth.

At the end of December last fear, Ami, with a fellow prisoner n the Oomsis Gaol named loski, stole methylated spirits rom the gaol clinic, went on a Irinking spree, and escaped.

The two soon headed for the wift-flowing Markham River, uhere they boarded a raft. The Markham was in flood, and the aft capsized in the torrent.

Only Boski got ashore.