WIRELESS IN GAOL
HOW PRISONERS SURPRISED WARDERS.
A secret wireless set was found in Long Bay (Sydney) hospital wing in the room, used by William Boyd, a prisoner undergoing life imprisonment. The aerial was erected only when warders were not about, and was attached to the iron window bar. It is alleged that the set was made in the motor workshop by a prisoner. Built by an expert, the wireless set was a miniature crystal affair, and was principally used to obtain racing results. IH is said to have been the cause of wholesale gambling among the inmates, their weekly ration of tobacco being the stake. It also enabled prisoners to surprise warders by telling them about important events less than five minutes after they had occurred.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3445, 19 March 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)
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127WIRELESS IN GAOL King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3445, 19 March 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)
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