PRISONER ESCAPES AGAIN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11774, 29 October 1912, Page 3

PRISONER ESCAPES AGAIN.

CPee Press Association.) . • - Whangarei, October 29The prisoner Huston, who was recaptured on Sunday night and brought, to Wbangarei yesterday, again broke Waol last night. He was visited at 11 and then apparently-everything was right. He was thoroughly searched and his boots, braces and hat were taken.from him. . An examination of the cell showed.hi* marvellous ingenuity. The Ivaun; floor (an inch and a-half thick).was cut halt through and then forced. The prisoner went through a.space twenty inches, bv eicht under the cell, where he scraped the earth away and free After he "ot out he visited M'Mahan's Hotel and"stole a pair of boots from a corridor. He then visited the room of a boarder, took £3 10s, a pair of braces, and a hat. . . The police were unable to give an idea of what implement was used, but it appears that the. floor was opened with a knife or other sharp tnstruHuston is a desperate criminal who had several convictions in America and Australia. The police are making a vigilant search.