SOUTH AUSTRALIAN JACK SHOPPARDS.
BY GABLE.
THE ADELAIDE CRIMINALS ARE RECAPTURED, AND ESCAPE AGAIN. By Telegraphs’—Frees Association.* Copyright. Adelaide, October 14. The prisoners who escaped from the Adelaide Gaol after locking up a warder have been captured 100 miles up-country j They had a gun in their possession, and plenty of ammunition. Several small robberies have been repoitjd along their route. HocSslvfcd October li 'J p-' l3 * aiiELAI. E, Uotobol' 11. After their re-capture, the prisoners who escaped from Adelaide Gaol were lodged ill ik country lock-iip. About midnight they asked for water, which was handed them. When the constable made hia round of calls this Morning all three prisoners wore missing. • Tho prisoners had wrenched the handle off a bucket, with which they made a hole through the soft sandstone wall. The police, with black trackers, have gone in pursuit.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3258, 15 October 1897, Page 3
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