DESPERATE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 7569, 23 May 1914, Page 5

DESPERATE.

mSONE'US'rt I’.SC'AIM';. IXTfI Till'’. AI {.MS Of DEATH. M Hl,Did !N! •. May IS. Two prisoners, named Alaroiiey ami Downev, 'who escaped from 1 .auneeston Kaol in March, wen; re-arrested at Albany. They were rcUirninn in the steamer IndaiTn, in chartm oi two eonsiables, anil when enlerinc- (he bay Downey complained of illness and left the cabin in charge, oi a constable, Alaroney ami tbc other constable r,.- | mainiiie-. The door was closed .but i not locked. ( Afaroney dashed out. 'J he constable .awoke ami chased him round the deeks, bid' the fugitive snatched a lifebelt and jumped overboard. Meantime Downey made a desperate, attempt to escape, bul was overpower- 1 cd and handcuffed. The steamer tea-; slopped and search was made, but without result. Maron ey pimped into Ihe water four miles irom land, and it is believed lhal he Was drowned. j