DARING ESCAPE FROM NAPIER GAOL.
On the night of Sunday last, 6th instant, three prisoners confined under sentences of penal servitude escaped from Napier Gaol uader circumstances displaying great ingenuity and daring on their part. Their names are — John. Campbell, sentenced to seven years 5 JHenry Williams, to ten years ; and_>Tat£\es Gavin, to four years, all for horse , Stealing.,/ They -escaped- by removing a board from the ceiling of the cell in which they i Wer;&>%Shfin'ed, and then breaking .through the belfry by cutting away some of the lower boards. It is supposed they effected this by means of a small knife, which they must have had concealed for some' time; They are three desperate -characters, and must have had everything -planned and ready. The turnkeys went their rounds at a late hour the same night, and/all then appeared to be quiet and safe. The men had nothing on when they got put but their prison clothes, and two ot them with bare, feet. . Notices have been sent to the various police stations throughout; the province, and a most diligent search has <be'en 'made, but, tip to a late hour last evening, nothing bad been seen or heard of the -fugitives. .7: o-"" t • -■■--■ ■ m^ :
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 14, Issue 1125, 8 February 1870, Page 3
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205DARING ESCAPE FROM NAPIER GAOL. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 14, Issue 1125, 8 February 1870, Page 3
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