JUMP FROM A TRAIN.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9465, 7 June 1909, Page 6

JUMP FROM A TRAIN.

REMARKABLE ESOAPB OF A OONYIOT IN IRONS.

A convict 'who escaped from a moving train in Rhodesia and made his way to England, by walking through Rhodesia and the Congo Free State and then taking a steamer to Antwerp, appeared before the Bow street (London) magistrate on 17tb April, on the charge of being an escaped convict. He is John Oreswiok, aged 40, a sailor. Detective-Inspector Belcher, of Sootlandl Yard, stated that on the previous day he saw Oreswiok in Leman-street, Whitechapel, and said to him, “I believe you are John Oreswiok, and that yon escaped from custody in Rhodesia.” The prisoner said, ‘‘Oh, no; I am not the man.” Witness said, “The man I want has the Prince of Wales feathers tattooed on his forearm. Let me look at yums.” Oreswiok then said, “You are right. I am the man. I was doing, sis years for forgery. They were moving me from Qwelo to Salisbury, and I jumped the tram. Then I made my way through Rhodesia and the Congo State to Leopoldville. I thought I was safe The accused was remanded. It is stated that Oreswiok was wearing leg irons when he dropped from the back of the train in which he was being removed to Salisbury Prison, while bis guards were asleep. According to his account, he got rid of the irons by heating them with pieces of stone and hammering them on rocks. It took him about six months to walk to the Congo State, and he ultimately obtained a ship from Boma to Antwerp, and thence to London. At Boma he changed his prison dress—which must have been well worn—for a pair of grey trousers, a striped jacket, and a cricket shirt.