PRISONER ESCAPES.
JUMPS FROM MOVING TRAIN. [THE PRESS Special Service.} AUCKLAND, July 27. A i>risoner under escort jumped from the Limited this morning just as the train was pulling into the Auckland railway station. Although the escorting constable gave chase, his action was hindered by the big crowd on the platform, and the wanted man escaped into the city. The prisoner, William Maryatt Ingram, had been arrested at Taihapeon a false pretences charge and was being brougnt to Auckland to appear before the Magistrate's Court on Monday morning. He travelled with a constable as escort in a second class carriage which was filled with other passengers. Just as the Limited was slowing down to run into the platform most of the passengers rose and busied themselves witi. their luggage. Ingram rose, too, and before the constable could stop him had moved in among the other passengers in the car. Working his way quickly through the car, he made for the door, which he opened suddenly, closed it behind him, and jumped from the moving train.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19683, 29 July 1929, Page 11
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