A TROUBLESOME PRISONER.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 136, 16 March 1872, Page 3

A TROUBLESOME PRISONER.

The Brisbane Colonist of the 31st tilt, says :—Collins the supposed murderer of Zieman, is now in Brisbane gaol; and though lie is very anxious to get out, there is, we are glad to hear, very little prospect of his doing so without proper authority. Knowing his previous character so well, his custodians are taking special efre of him, and lie lias already endeavoured to prove that their attentions arc well deserved. The prison regulations have been rather stretched in his behalf, for instead of being obliged to wear his own clothes, as is customary with prisoners previous to trial, lie has been provided with an entire suit at the public expense. He had hardly get in when his roving nature asserted itself, and he wanted to get out again. In spite of many precautions lie partly cut the bars of the cell in which he was first confined, and endeavoured to remove some of the bricks out of the wall of another. Air Bernard appreciates enterprise like ibis at its proper value ; he takes particular care to examine the food prepared for Collins, lest it may contain a small file, knife, nail, or other indigestible substance. He changes Collins’s bedroom every twelve hours ; attaches him to the institution every night with bands for extra safety, and has appointed strong, active, and intelligent officers to have him in their keeping at all times. There is, therefore, every probability that he will consent to remain where he is till wanted. We think that it is for the good of the community that he should do so, and trust that no opportunity will he afforded him of knocking any of his protectors on the head, which we believe lie is quite capable of doing if lie got the chance.