ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3585, 27 March 1886, Page 2

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.

[By Telegraph.] Christchttboh, March 26. This morning, Howard, of "Severed Hand" notoriety, made a determined attempt to escape from custody m the Lyttelton Gaol, where he is detained awaiting trial. Howard, it appears, was taken outside the gaol to a plot of ground at the back of the building, and when something for an instant distracted the attention of the warder m whose charge ha was, : Howard bolted over a fence arid got away. He gained a considerable start^before the pursuit commenced, but was Been m the street by Mr Fleming, Clerk to the Resident Magistrate's Court, who followed him and sent a message of the direction Howard had taken to the police. A few minutes later Howard waa discovered ensconced behind a buttress at the back of" the Presbyterian Church, where he waß divesting himself of some of his clothing. It is said that he had a change of clothes planted with a view of obtaining a disguise. He was taken back to the gaol, and will be charged with attempting to escape from legal custody. lIATBB. It appears that Howard must" have had some accomplices m his attempt to escape today, as a coat and hat were found concealed close to the Presbyterian church where he was caught disrobing himself. SPORTING.