HIDDEN IN A CHIMNEY.
ABSENTEE SOLDIER CAUGHT. An absentee from Trentham Camp was arrested by the police late on. Saturday night in a house in Hobson street, Auckland. Their first search in (he rooms failed to reveal any trace of the man, but the constables were convinced that he was in the building, and so made a more careful investigation. Finally they pulled away a screen wnich was covering a fireplace, and by so doing disclosed a pair of feet. The soldier had secreted himself in the chimney, but evidently had been unable to pull his feet up out of sight. He was handed over to the military authorities, who c ent bim under escort to one of the 'ortsOn Sunday be made a sensational escape from his cell by bending the stout iron bars oiitsidc the window. This feat 'of strength is considered remarkable.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1918, Page 3
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145HIDDEN IN A CHIMNEY. Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1918, Page 3
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