SCHEME THAT FAILED.
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.
FOR ESCAPE OF PRISONERS. Electric Telegraph— Press Association Copyright. (Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. > (Received this clay, at £.55 a.m.) London, February 13. Six women and one man were arrested in sensational circumstances at Limerick. , After bribing the gaol sentry to arrange for the escape of thirty prisoners, moil scaled the wall and reached the adjoining cemetery, where women received them and offered refreshment. Th escapees, however, proved to be soldiers in mufti, the sentry having reported tho attempted bribery to the officers.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 31385, 14 February 1923, Page 5
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