TERRY'S ESCAPE.
HOW "HE',,GOT" AWAY
THE POLICE 'IN- PURSUIT.
(di J TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL'" CpIiIIESrONDENT.) ... ...... , '. Diineitlini 'November 22. , It was.by guilo and tho uso.of 'such wit's as he possesses, .and not ,by force'that Lionel. Terry got away from tho Soacliff Asylum. It seems, that die-was in tho'dibrary with two .attendants shortly ..before, 9 ,p.in'. yesterday: He went into" the adjoining scullery, and thone'e int6''an ex-patient's'room.' One of tho window.stops lad'been taken out of this room;recently,:,and..the',stop,.;.was looso. It 'is surmised that.. Tqrry,, having' gained a knowledge of .this- fact, took advantage ot his opportunity..'t'o'/ih'akej.'ah escape,by means of tlie'mhdo'w,,,jy]iicli' dpenslori'.'.tQ.the grounds, and. is,not high,,, Only a couple of minutes could .liave elapsed between the timo ho loft tho "^attendants'.' arid tho discovery of his. escape...:,' .... " .■' . ' .■'...';.,,' : " ... : Search parties were sent/out at onco, and anothor. search party- left; .tho asylum this morning'.'.' From Dunedin.this'morning-Ser-geant Km'ersqh'.'anct Con'stabiqs'Pant, Skinner, and.Baird proceeded/.toiWaitati,; and trom thoro'set out "to scout" tho' surrounding country. Their'task'is not a light one. Terry is a splendid athloto, arid/in tho pink of condition,'so. ho may .travel a long way. On the other hand, his remarkable physiquo is likely to'disebverhim to.'any'.whb may hear .of the escape,; '['.'.\j' '"'",.'.:'■.". ;',':""'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 51, 23 November 1907, Page 6
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190TERRY'S ESCAPE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 51, 23 November 1907, Page 6
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