A DASH FOR LIBERTY.
PRISONER RE-CAPTURED. By Telegraph.—Per Tress Association. Invcrcargill, Last Night. James MeDermid, who escaped from custody yesterday while working at Otatara, was recaptured this forenoon in the vicinity of a house near the scene of his bolt. McDermid had crossed the river, entered the house, and abstracted clothing and provisions. When found, lie had by him a butcher's knife, aflso taken from the house. No resistance was made, and the prisoner was escorted back to the reformatory. He will duly appear before the court to answer a charge of attempting to escape from custody.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 154, 25 November 1914, Page 4
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97A DASH FOR LIBERTY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 154, 25 November 1914, Page 4
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