GAOLBREAKERS RECAPTURED.
Received Friday, 7.0 p.m. AIELBOURNE, August I. Four of the eight gaolbreakers from Beochworth have now been recaptured. After a man answering the description of one of them had been seen in the town of Benalla late last night, the police ordcrod all street lights to be turned out. They hoped this would encourage the wanted men to move about the town in search of food and elothing. l.ater the police found the escapee, who is a full blooded aborigiue, liiding near the Ohiltern police sfation. He was sti)l weaving prison clothes.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 August 1947, Page 5
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