A Prison Story.
If criminals have sought the shelter of the prison, the prison authorities have availed thenselves sometimes of the ingenuity of the burglar. Major Arthur Griffiths, who has been, at some time in bis wonderful career, Deputy-Governor of three great prisons, tells a strange story of Wornwood Scrubs, when the prison. was in the making. It is one of the rules, which no prison official ever disobeys that nobody shall leave until the keys are collected and safely put away, and Major Griffiths, having handed the keys to the gatekeeper one day, waited for him to place them in the safe. Somehow the man tampered with the lock, and the safe would not open. Until it was opened neither the major nor any other official could leave the spot, and Major Griffiths, turning in desperation to the chief warder, asked if there was no smart cracksman in custody. “There is K——sir,” said the warder, one of the most noted housebreakers in London; doing 15 years. He is employed just now in the carpenter's shop.” K- was brought, and in three minutes the safe was open, and Major Griffiths went home.
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Manawatu Herald, 5 March 1903, Page 2
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192A Prison Story. Manawatu Herald, 5 March 1903, Page 2
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