ESCAPE STOPPED
WARDER FIRES AT PRISONER. AT THE MOUNT EDEN* GAOL. (Per Press Association — Copyright.) AUCKLAND, August 10. An unsuccessful dash for liberty was made by a prisoner at the 'Mount Eden gaol this morning. The incident occupied only a few moments, the prisoner Stopping and submitting to recapture when a shot was fired over his head. , The prisoner was R. Venables, who was sentenced in Wellington in 1927 to sevens<*,years’ imprisonment for indecent assault. He was jworking with others in a ■stone quarry close to the Colonial Ammunition Co’s, works. When obscured from the warder’s vision by a small shed, he made a dash up. the* quarry face. He was seen by the warders as he reached the first of two wire fences at the side of the quarry. The prisoner climbed the first fence .as a shot was fired by one of the warders to warn him that he had been seen. He then jumped to the other side of the fence, nr.d waited for his pursuers to reach him. He submitted quietly to re-cap-ture. It is stated;that there was little possibility o ' his making an escape, as lie had another fence to negotiate. The prison authorities state that the prisoner will not be charged in 'Court with attempted escape. Ho will be dealt with at the prison.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1932, Page 4
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220ESCAPE STOPPED Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1932, Page 4
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