DASH FROM PRISON
WOMEN PRISONERS’ ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright). SYDNEY, June 13. (Received June 13, 7.45 p.m.) Muriel Goldsmith and Ettie Benn, prisoners in the Long Bay penitentiary, made a bold attempt to escape, one covering her prison dress with a dress belonging to the matron, and the other taking her chance in prison garb. They jumped from the top of a 19 foot wall in broad daylight. Benn broke her leg in falling, and Goldsmith spoiled her chances of 'getting away by remaining to help her injured comrade. On making a dash later for the surrounding bush she was seen and recaptured.
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Southland Times, Issue 18967, 14 June 1923, Page 5
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104DASH FROM PRISON Southland Times, Issue 18967, 14 June 1923, Page 5
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