BRIEF LIBERTY.
LYTTELTON, June 7. William Bell, serving a short sentence in the Lyttelton gaol for bicycle stealing, escaped from the inner court yard this morning. The prisoner scaled the inside walls of the buildings by means of spiked railings, and lowered himself down the outside wall by means of his hammock rope. He made his way up the hillside, but was re-captured after a slight resistance behind the signal station bell. The prisoner had only a month to serve to complete his sentence. He made an escape about a fortnight ago, but was re-captured before going far.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9109, 8 June 1908, Page 5
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