A TOWER COMEDY.
Escaping from the Tower of London is not, apparently, the difficult feat that it used to be; for a subaltern who had been imprisoned there related to a Westminster court-martial how he "simply walked out," went to the West End for a good dinner, and returned next morning. He said he. could not get in the same night, finding the gates shut. "It was not done in the Jack Sh<-p----phard kind of way." said the officer's solicitor, "but was a boyish prank,. Moreover, it was of benefit, to the authorities by calling attention to the slackness there."
The officer, Second-Lieutenant B. Napier 'IJ.A'.F., pleaded guilty ;to escaping from .the Tower, but not guilty to a charge relating to three dishonoured cheques for a total of £4, which had been cashed at the Cafe Royal The Courtsi' decision will be proniulaged in due course.
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Taihape Daily Times, 28 May 1919, Page 6
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146A TOWER COMEDY. Taihape Daily Times, 28 May 1919, Page 6
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