TWO WINDSORS ESCAPE
LEAP HANDCUFFED FROM MOVING TRAIN.
RECAPTURED AT OTOROHANGA Te Kuiti, May 12. Two of the brothers Windsor, who were sentenced yesterday at Palmerston North for the station burglaries at Levin and Otaki, made their escape from the train-as it was passing Te Kuiti at 4.50 o’clock this morning. The two men were handcuffed together, and as the train was pulling out of the station, they got permission from the warder to go to the lavatory. The warder followed but the door was slammed in his face and the men rushed through the other compartment and jumped off the train at the King Street crossing. Word was sent back from Otorolianga and a .thorough search made without result.
At eight o’clock this morning, however, the escapees were located in the bathroom of a private hotel at Otorohanga and were taken in charge by Constable Fry without resistance.
It appeared that one man got clear of his handcuff, but the other had his up his sleeve. They stole a motor car and drove to Otorohanga, 12 miles away. The men will be taken on to-day to their destination, Mount Eden gaol, where they will serve their ten-year sentences.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3638, 14 May 1927, Page 3
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199TWO WINDSORS ESCAPE Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3638, 14 May 1927, Page 3
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