REMOVAL OF PRISONER.
FROM LYTTELTON TO MOUNT EDEN. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Matthews, the Timaru murderer, has ! -een transferred from Paparua to Mount Eden gaol, which is regarded as the strongest prison in Nqw Zealand. lie was sent north last night. The possibility of escape has been fully' impressed on the gaol authorities in the case of Matthews, who broke Lyttelton gaol single-handed after he had been there only three weeks. This feat was all the more remarkable in that a previous escape from Lyttelton gaol was effected by two life sentence criminals only after two years’ preparation, and they were almost immediately recaptured, while Matthews got clear away. Matthews was in very close custody during his removal from Lyttelton last nightHerald Special.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15466, 10 March 1921, Page 3
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122REMOVAL OF PRISONER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15466, 10 March 1921, Page 3
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