The Severed Hand Mystery.
HOWARD-TRIES TO ESCA.PB.V
(united' press association) ';'-•' '■:■'■■■ :•'..; A 'CHRTSTCHbRGH,' Thursday. This morning-the man Howard, of r*' severed; irjiii«J"'nt>tow6"fy,l jnafle a Ut'timnined attempt to escape from cu'stod V; m the Lyttelton Gaol, "where he is de-i . tamed awaiting trial.. Howard, sit &p----•peaw wiisj was taken Vutside the grid to a plot of ground -at the hack" of the ibuiiding, Jandj * htt> if or {an instant distracted- the attention of llie warder m whose charge was, he made a bslt Qv.vrta. fence aud away. . Ho gained considerable distance before pursuit but was seen -in the l»y" Mr Fl.eininV, Clerk to the R. M." Court who fol owed him and sent & message fdfvthTdirectfdn' Howard " had", taken : to the police. A few minutes later Hov/ard -was-discovercd behind a'-buttress at the back of the Presbyterian Church,. whe're he waß divesting -■himßeif of some of his ' clothing. It is safd that lie had la change of clothes planted with a ' view' "of obtaining a disguise. He was taken back to the gaol/aud willibe charged with attempting "to escapeJfroin legal custody L
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1669, 27 March 1886, Page 4
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178The Severed Hand Mystery. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1669, 27 March 1886, Page 4
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