TO BREAK GAOL.
AN ELABORATE PLOT. (By Cable.—Press Association —CoDyright.) LONDON, November 25. Warders at Parkhurst Gaol noticed Stinio Morrison, the Australian who was convicted of the murder of a Russian spy on Glapham Common, put something in his mouth. They seized him, and extracted a piece of chewed paper. An examination of his cell disclosed pieces of brown paper on which were details of an elaborate plot to escape, including the blowing up of the prison wall. Extra night guards were placed outside. It is further etated that Morrison Bom© time ago took to hunger-striking, and was placed in ir ons owing to his refractoriness.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14834, 27 November 1913, Page 7
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106TO BREAK GAOL. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14834, 27 November 1913, Page 7
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