A BID FOR LIBERTY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19406, 14 August 1926, Page 2 (Supplement)

A BID FOR LIBERTY.

MURDERER FOUND " DEAD."

The story of an assassin's unsuccessful attempt to escape from . his prison in Northern Argentina by feigning death is reported from Buenos Aires. Jose' Domingo Sosa was sentenced .to a long term of imprisonment for murder. He had made several previous attempts to escape, but was not discouraged by his failures. He was allowed to receive visitors, and it appears that one of thv.m supplied him with a narcotic to carry out his plan. One morning he failed to respond to the call of the guard, and upon investigation his body was found stiff and cold upon the hard floor of his cell, tittered around were letters of farewell to the inspector, relatives, and friends.

The " corpse " was duly placed in the morgue, and preparation made ( to hand it over to the waiting relatives. Before the final departure from the prison could be secured, the death certificate had to be signed. While casually examining the " corpse," the director of the local health board became suspicious, and discovered that the " dead " man was merely under the influence of an unknown narcotic. Jose Domingo Sosa returned to prison with a slightly bigger sentence, while the attending hearse, coffin, and sorrowing relatives departed.