ANTICS ON GAOL ROOF.
PRISONER DEFIES WARDERS. Escaping from a party at exercise in the yard of Barlinnie Gaol, Glasgow, P soner climbed a waterpipe to the r for seven hours defied all attempts capture him. . . ,i, e Removing his boots and prisoner indulged in all sorts ot an J > the amusement of a crowd of onloo. the streets surrounding _ the prison. •• balanced on his hands, imitated a g rope walker, as he stepped warm the gutter leads, and jumped ovei gap at the risk of falling through space. . Drenched with water from hosepipe* the fugitive calmly took off some o » • clothes dried them in the sun. asked the warders for "boiled eggs cigarettes, and when offered cigar only, he scorned these as a temptationi descend. Finally, when he was cold worn-out, he was persuaded to £ n e . ;tg and slid down the waterpipe to capti I once more.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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149ANTICS ON GAOL ROOF. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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