PRISONER ESCAPES
A REHSBKA6LE EWLEIT
Press Association—By Telegraph —Copyright
HOBART, Alarch 80. (Received Alarch BU, at 10. BU a.in.) A long sentence prisoner in Hobart Gaol escaped by cutting through the steel bars and plates of the condemned ecll in which be bad been placed. A hacksaw bad evidently been used. The task must, have occupied several davs. Soap was used in the cuts to avoid detection. The man scaled a wall BOft high, and climbed oyer tho roofs of several buildings. Tins is the second occasion on which the same man lias escaped irom custody.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19290330.2.92
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Evening Star, Issue 20137, 30 March 1929, Page 12
Word count
Tapeke kupu
96PRISONER ESCAPES Evening Star, Issue 20137, 30 March 1929, Page 12
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in