A HUN'S ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.

Taihape Daily Times, 7 December 1917, Page 4

A HUN'S ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.

The extraordinary method by which a German, P. Willms, tried to escape from the concentration camp at Holdsworthy, was told before a military court in Sydney recently, Willms was one of a party outside the main compound for the purposes of recreation. When the men were being rounded up to return to the camp one of the guard noticed some freshly-dug ground. He placed his foot on one end of the plot and it sank under his weight. Moving a yard further along he put more weight into his effort this time, and out jumped Willms, who had buried himself with the idea of escaping later. Willms pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to escape from the camp, and explained that in his view he was perfectly at liberty to attempt to escape. He said he could have escaped hundreds of omes on previous occasions, but scorned to break his parole. W-hen under guard the circumstances were entirely different. The sentence of tffS Court was sent to the confirming authorities.