PRISON ESCAPEE.
LEAVES STATIONARY EXPRESS TRAIN. » ASHBURTON, Sept. 14. A prisoner escaped from the northbound express yesterday about 1.40 while the' train was stationary near the Ashburton cemetery. The escapee was last lieard of at 5 o clock yesterday when he was inquiring for clothes and a bicycle a mile from the railway. The police are still searching, but have not revealed the identity of the prisoner, who was recently sentenced at Dunedin and who was proceeding in the custody of a single constable to Paparoa prison. The escapee is described as of light build height'sft 6in, and unshaven. DUNEDIN, Sept. 14. The prisoner who escaped from Ashburton was Win. Herbert Chapman, under sentence of six months / for theft of clothing and aj bicycle. —P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6184, 15 September 1921, Page 5
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125PRISON ESCAPEE. Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6184, 15 September 1921, Page 5
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