Another Gaol Bird Flown
— — » ■. - .** *?-•' '■■ IPEB UNITBl) PEEBS ASSOCIATION. I Dtt»Ei)iN. This Day. Thomas Gleeson, burglar, escaped last night from gaol by cutting one end of the bars of his cell window with a knife. He had climbed a wall covered with broken bottles, but there was no trace of blood, although he was very scantily dressed. This is the first escape during gaoler Phillip's term. At ten, when the warders visited the cells, all. was reported right. Half an hour later the bird was flown.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 75, 22 December 1888, Page 2
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