WORK OF A CLEVER PENMAN.
LONDON, Sunday. Many of the Peterhead notes circulating were the work of a clever penman. The word '' five,'' written across the note in red, was a marvel, written without special implements by a convict in confinement. The notes were circulated by Admiralty labourers working at a building alongside the convicts. A prisoner's letter was found, promising a "fiver" to somebody for tobacco and a very fine pen. One workman was dismissed for writing to a convict for notes. These were usually hidden under stones at the harbour works for the free men to discover. Only one or two warders were in charge over one hundred convicts.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXV, Issue 11784, 22 September 1913, Page 5
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111WORK OF A CLEVER PENMAN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXV, Issue 11784, 22 September 1913, Page 5
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