DASH FOR LIBERTY
PRISONERS' DESfPER!ATE AT- '
TEMiPT.
CffAI&E ON O<JBAN LINER.
(Per Press Association.)
MEILDOiUJKNia, May. 1/.
Tho two -prisoners Miar-onecyj and Doiwiioy who escaped from Launce*tion, .praol in Manclh were rearreisted ajt -Allbaiiy and were retturruiigj I>y the Rteaaner Indarra.
They were in charge of two consfcaibkss',- and oai filtering lihis ly&j Doiwney coonplaaied of Illness, and letft the caibin in charge of a constaiLle, Maroney and the other oonn)ta!blt> •romia'i'nin.g1. The door closed but not locked.
Maronoy da-sihcd out, tyut th© constable awoke and chased Kioa round tho decks.
The 'fuig^tlvie snaitdited a iiSfe-baHl anld jumped overlioard.
'inj the nieuTtaJtijrno Downey in a. detspera'fb .att-empit. to, escape Tra« overpoiwered and handcuffe3.
The steamer was stopped and; tmavailyjkgly searched. Tbe junnp w«a mlade four miles fi"oan land and it is 'believed Maroaiey is diroTraDed.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14811, 18 May 1914, Page 5
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135DASH FOR LIBERTY Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14811, 18 May 1914, Page 5
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