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A PRISONER'S ESCAPE.
DARING LEAP FROM A TRAIN
[press association.]
AUCKLAND May 16. A prisoner named Wm. Smith, while being brought in from the Waiotagu convict camp, jumped off the train two miles from Drury, and got away. The train was travelling fast, and the wardeir did not follow.
Smith was serving ten years for burglary and attempting to shoot a constable.
A strong force of police are scouring the country.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 115, 16 May 1908, Page 5
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71A PRISONER'S ESCAPE. Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 115, 16 May 1908, Page 5
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