A BID FOR LIBERTY.
THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE. (Psa United Pnrsg Association * AUCKLAND. January 14. Three habitual prisoners—William Scar borough, Herbert Helm, and W. J. Davidson— esesped from Mount Eden Gaol about 4.40 , p.m. and have not been recaptured. They were working in a prison quarry, and suddenly chopped their tools, disappearing before the warders were avyare of their action, Scarborough was serving a sentence of three months for being an idle and disorderly person, Helm three years for forgery and uttering, and Davidson two years for forgery arid uttering.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19069, 15 January 1924, Page 8
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89A BID FOR LIBERTY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19069, 15 January 1924, Page 8
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