DASH FOR LIBERTY.
CAPTURE AFTER SIX HOURS. ■' Invercargill, November 21. A determined bid for liberty was made at about 2 p.m. on Saturday by three youthful inmates of the Borstal Institution. They had been working with a gang under the charge of a warder, and at a suitable opportunity, they disappeared into the undergrowth. Their movements were traced northward until they reached Makarcwa River. At one stage the escapees entered a dwelling house and it is alleged purloined a quantity of food and a carving knife with which one was found to be armed when they were recaptured early in the evening. The men were sighted by Constable Fraser, and a party of warders near the river bank. The constable gave chase and drove one man into the water, where he was taken in charge by the warders. The, others then set off up the bank, but were soon intercepted by Constable Fraser, who had made a detour across high ground. The escapees were returned to the Borstal Institution after about six hours of fi'eedom.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3566, 23 November 1926, Page 1
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175DASH FOR LIBERTY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3566, 23 November 1926, Page 1
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