PRISONERS ESCAPE.
SENSATION IN AMERICA. WARDERS LOCKED IN CELLSAustralian and TfcZ. Cable' •Asfsooiatibn. (Reed. 5.5 p.m» Auj. 28. Twenty-four, prisoners, escapecl |#om State reformatory at lo.ip.ia, Michigan. They *• overpowered ail the warders who were oh night, duty and locked them .in 1 cells.' - . ; „ . \ J The prisoners thiei} drove off in two prison motor-cars. Several of them were wearing uniforms taken from the staff. Three other cars were stolon -afterathe,prisoners left tho reformatory,' whecr the group split into five sections. Two of the cars . were found' abandoned - some miles from the institution. ' - : Prior to the. escape two warders overheard a disturbance. When they went to investigate they were held tip at the poiiits of revolvers in" the hands of the leaders who took ! them into custody Snd proceeded to capture ,;by" t\vo? and' ttiree^ the entire night stafi. . „ .. ° • J c-' g viisvst off H&v e-ji&X *°
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19419, 30 August 1926, Page 9
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