ATTEMPT TO BREAK GAOL
A SMART RECAPTURE. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, June. 19. Two, prisoners at Lyftelton gaol, R. McCarthy and A. Rawson, made a daring but unsuccessful .attempt, to escape this afternoon. With the aid of a long rope which they had rnanufacUu-ed out of bits of calico, they dropped over the high outer wail of the" gaol and inada off along an adjoining thoroughfare'- The warder on the watch •tower saw the men escaping, but lis did not fire for fear of hitting the children in n school playground below. The gaoler and warders pursued tho fugitives," and'captured them in a private yard not far from the gaol. McCarthy has escaped twice before, and has been declared an habitual criminal. Rawson, who came from Australia in 1902, is at present serving a sentence of live years for burglary.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13317, 20 June 1907, Page 5
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