PRISONERS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
, SHOT BY GUARDS
Received May 13, 11.50~p.m. ST. PETERSBURRG, May 13. The prisoners at the Ekatermoslof prison made a daring attempt to escape on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that a bomb was thrown at the cavalry guardroom, and simultaneously the prisoners tried to scale the wall of the prison. The guard shot ten of them, while the others were killed inside the prison.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9089, 14 May 1908, Page 5
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67PRISONERS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9089, 14 May 1908, Page 5
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