AN ESCAPED PRISONER.
Frank Ballar, a young prisoner, escaped from Mount Eden Gaol at daybreak. Ho mounted the top of the unused watch tower and forced a trap door. Ho then dropped upon Ins own blankets on to a wall above the execution yard. Ho next walked to the main outer wall and jumped down near the back of the warders’ house His escape was soon discovered. film escapee was traced for some distune. 1 , but "as lost in a heavy fog. Ihe prisoner was serving six months for breaking and entering and theft, and to three years’ reformative treatment, —Auckland Press Association telegram.
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Evening Star, Issue 18333, 21 July 1923, Page 8
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104AN ESCAPED PRISONER. Evening Star, Issue 18333, 21 July 1923, Page 8
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