ESCAPE OF A PRISONER
BOLT FROM A TRAIN. (Per United Press Association.) ASHBURTON, September 14. A prisoner escaped from the north-bound express yesterday, about 3.40, while the train was stationary near the Ashburton cemetery. The escapee was last heard of at 5 o’clock yesterday when inquiring for clothes and a bicycle from the railway. The police are still searching but have not revealed the identity of the prisoner, who was recently sentenced at Dunedin and was proceeding in the custody of a single constable to Paparoa Prison. The escapee is described as of light build, height sft Gin and unshaven. THE ESCAPEE’S IDENTITY. DUNEDIN, September 14. The prisoner who escaped at Ashburton was William Herbert Chapman, under sentence of six months for theft of clothing and a bicycle.
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Southland Times, Issue 19330, 15 September 1921, Page 5
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128ESCAPE OF A PRISONER Southland Times, Issue 19330, 15 September 1921, Page 5
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