CONVICTS FIGHT
A THRILLING EPISODE
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. ) .■ .
(Received this day at 6 aim.lTij;LON DQNr November
Four convicts en route to Dartmoor ' Staged' a.-'thrilling-.-light .with three warders on a ti;a in..travelling, at filtv & miles an hour. Outside Salisbury two * convicts, prevailed upon the warders to nftlftUiddti#' them'on; the pretence they'Avknbkl ’to go to the lavatory and wKeh"' they rehciidd the.'corridor both turned and attacked the warders. The others rushed out and'a general fight tlfe' Oc|rri.do|' (to \vl|ic*li.s; the guafdVncl ‘soldier jntsreugcrs were'attracted. The guard. liWii(igedTßtdi
drag one convict from _ the . window when he was about' to' leap: A sefcdTid leaped, thi'otigh .window and was killed instantly, the. body frightfully mutilated being found on the line. The three- warders finally overpowered the others.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 November 1930, Page 3
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