A Race for Liberty.
pan'ss^AssoorAalraiN.) '' v &S&v s -^Christchuuch, ITel). 1 7. i -• "**J . W . Ciul ttre^i* ii undergoing a sentence of 13 yedVs m Lyttelton gaol for horse;Kteajin.g..an^ larceny made a most determined attempt to esca-pe; Ahisfj^t-Unooii. was with a gaiig of prisoners working an the reclaibattnn worfof at^iipjting Point. An accident. . occjirrod ta-a man named Higgiiis^Me lefWJf injured l»y some stonos falling t>n,it. : While the warders were atu»iuling"'t'o' and ran up the Mils. He.wai firrd. at by J3Lu # ileu- -Gilchri-stj- and jnissodj: and stripping off his clothes as hfl'raitj--1 rabtree g«vo liis, {.mrsuers a hot chase for afjout,a-iniUii ; - -Eventually hd-was cajYlVired/clo.se to the wntiT p(Jjj*-* !| t th f foot of a precipice 20 feet deep, down* which he had dropped, lie wias much exhausted when taken.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 65, 18 February 1885, Page 3
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128A Race for Liberty. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 65, 18 February 1885, Page 3
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