AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 3 April 1923, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

A MYSTERY SOLVED

at- cable—piMssa association—copybigitj / MELBOURNE, April 2. y Officials^ are convinced' that the mystery" surrounding the sensational escape of A notorious convict '' named Fred- ! crick Clark from, the Geelong gaol in ! 1889/ has been solved. While prisoners were clearing the prison ground they discovered a large 3 brass key, which proved to be a master key for every . lock in the gaol at the time of Clark's ' escape. Clarke was transported to Van Dieman's Laud in 1847. and died at Geelong at the age of 57. He had a record of sentence^ totalling eightyseven years for various crimes. ;