DESPERATE LEAP FOR LIBERTY
SENSATIONAL AFFAIR ON A STEAMER PRISONERS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE S? TeleEracb-Frass AseQetet]j)a-&os.Trlgh{ . Melbourne, May 18J:\vo prisoners, named Msroiiev ard pcwjiey, who escapwl from tlw Launcoswin Gaol, Tasmania, in March last, imvo ueoii rearrestod at Albany. They wcra returning Isy tlio steamer iHoilrra, in charge of two constables, and whwi entering the buy J3<»wni\y complained of illness, mid left Iris oahm m charge of oho of tire constables. Jlaroncy and the other constable remaining. The door of the cabin ww closed but not locked, and Mareiiey dashed out. Tho Mir.'stable, who was ."sleep, awoko and eliased tho man round tho clocks. The fugitive snatched a lifebelt and jumped overboard, Meantime, Downey made a dospornio attempt to eswpe, bitt was overpowered and handcuffed. Tito steamer was stopped and an unavailing search was made for IVfai-oJWy. Tho jump was mado Font- miles from land, and it is believed Maronoy was drowned.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2152, 19 May 1914, Page 5
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152DESPERATE LEAP FOR LIBERTY Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2152, 19 May 1914, Page 5
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