ESCAPE FROM GAOL.
A DISP»KATE OKlfllflAL-. FEB PBESS ASSOCIATION. Nelson, June 17. A y-ung man, Henry James Howard, ggei 19 year?, escaped from gsol this morning afrer breakfast. The gioler b-lbid tiie cell dx>r but did not lock it, and ltft the ou'.er door unbolted. Howard put his arm through the observation hoi-, and shol the bolt back, got in'.o the ) ar.l, climb d over a 12 foot iron-topp d wall, and escaped. He has cot yet been recaptured. Howard was under anvst for assault oa Michael (Lughlan, of Brook Valley. I/ißj night ha threatened to assault Ooughlan's daughter, The f«th-r oa ted him and ha attempted to brain Ooughlan with an axe. The 1 itter got an arm broken trying to defend his head.
Howard was formerly concerned in a juvenile bußhrangers' camp at Mauagatapu some months where large quantities of stolen goods were found,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 194, 18 June 1903, Page 2
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146ESCAPE FROM GAOL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 194, 18 June 1903, Page 2
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