ESCAPE FROM PRISON.
A SMART RE-CAPTURE.
(BY TELEaEAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
WANGA3SUI, this day. John Collins, a well-known character, now waiting trial for larceny, escaped from caol this morning, but was soon recaptured. He was in the exercise yard and climbed over the fence, which is rather low. Alarm was given almost immediately, and Sergeant Kelly followed him up, "finding him in the cemetery. He covered him with his revolver, and Collins gave in and was back in gaol within an hour of his escape.
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 177, 28 July 1888, Page 5
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