ESCAPE FROM GAOL.
BOLD BID BY WOMEN. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 13, 7.45 p.m. Sydney, June 13. Muriel Goldsmith and Ettie Bnm, i prisoners in the Long Bay penitentiary, made a bold attempt to escape, one covering her prison dress with a dress 1 belonging to the matron and the other taking her chance in prison garb. They jumped from the top of an. 18foot wall in broad daylight. Benn broke a 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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Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1923, Page 4
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