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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1907
Page
7
A lengthy survey recounts prisoner escapes across British and American facilities. It notes disguises, improvised tools, and near-misses, detailing methods from hidden garments, boot modifications, false wardrobes, and ventilator squeezes, with cases from Berrima Portland Millbank and Wakefield.
A detailed account traces a daring escape from Wakewuld Prison. The fugitive inches along a roof vent, uses a tailor’s knife to remove mortar, and slips through an external wall to vanish into fields. He resumes burgling, is recaptured near a railway, and faces trial as authorities piece together his consecutive escape attempts. He resumes bold plots, exploiting old methods and luck to elude capture again.
Fragmented account describes a burglary being committed near a town, a prisoner escaping from St Helena, and a shipboard drift tale with a plank and bladders. The report notes a police precinct watch, a successful recapture, and a remarkable escape from the penal establishment amid sea hazards.
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