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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1054, 8 June 1912, Page 4

reported his suspicion to the medical attendant. For a while it seemed that the prisoners’ cause was lost. Juvanovitch, however, continued to play his role with such admirable skill that the suspicious of the warder and doctor soon were completely dispelled. The digging of the subterranean passage went on for another two mouths. The intrepid couple intended also that it should communicate with the other cell where the rest of their colleagues were incarcerated. These, too, contributed their own share of the work by digging. During the daytime the holes were covered by the mattresses which served the prisoners as beds. On the night of the flight they communicated with one another by a certain sign. There was no practical difficulty now in the way of their escape, as the whole fortress was plunged in complete darkness and silence. One of the prisoners succumbed. All the others slipped away after having buried him and freed their legs from the letters.

The feet of Juvanovitch show terrible wounds from the chains he had worn for over four years.