GAOL BREAKER.
Desperate Australian Criminal Gets Clear.
COMPANION CAPTURED.
(Received 10.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. Known as a desperate criminal and o-aol breaker, John Williams eluded the warders and escaped over the wall of Ballarat gaol. Leonard Bdwen, who essayed to escape with him, was captured when climbing over the wall. Williams has escaped on several previous occasions. The police are scouring densely wooded country feat the escapee*
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Auckland Star, Issue 265, 8 November 1929, Page 7
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68GAOL BREAKER. Auckland Star, Issue 265, 8 November 1929, Page 7
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