ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF A CONVICT

... ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF A CONVICT. (SPECIAL TELiaBAM. i A convict made a desperate attempt to escape from a cell in Dartmoor prison. He made a large hole in the wall, and his endeavours were only frustrated by his inability to remove a large stone from the ...

Published: Wednesday 20 December 1876
Newspaper: South Wales Daily News
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 61 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

DARING ESCAPE OF CONVICTS

... DARING ESCAPE OF CONVICTS. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.1 As a party of convicts were at work yesterday afternoon outside Dartmoor prison, two of them, named Morgan and liritton, made a sudden dash over a wall. The officer in charge tired in the direction they had ...

Published: Wednesday 22 August 1877
Newspaper: South Wales Daily News
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 95 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

A PRISONERS PETS

... A PRISONERS PETS. [3I'EC[.\L A remarkable discovery has just been made in the Innr- tnary of Dartmoor prison. 'Geo. Bidwell, the notorious forger, whose conviction at the Old Bai!ey, after extradi- tion from America, excited much interest ha. for the ...

Published: Saturday 17 March 1877
Newspaper: Cardiff Times
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

THE CLAIMANT IN DARTMOOR

... TWE CLAIMAXT IN DARTMOOR. I /- 1,- A a -- _ - . - I e Dartmoor Prison, Devon, 25th October, 1875. No. A 1139, Thomas Castro. My Dear Onslow,-Strange to say I am still alive; nor is my spirit so broken, by past misfortunes, as to be intimidated, by threats ...

Published: Sunday 14 November 1875
Newspaper: Reynolds's Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 520 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

,BITS FROM BOOKS. )

... years ago have brought forward their case for consideration, Arthur Orton has been removed from his ordinary cell at Dartmoor Prison to the infirmary, and is being attended for a swelling and gathering on one of his legs. By the orders of the medical ...

Published: Monday 13 March 1876
Newspaper: South Wales Daily News
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 368 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

LETTER FROM THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT. The following letter has, it is stated, been received by Mr. Guildford ..

... FROM THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT. The following letter has, it is stated, been received by Mr. Guildford Onslow, dated from Dartmoor Prison, the 30th ult:— My dear Onslow—Thanks for yours of ths 4th of last December, and the kind promises therein contained ...

Published: Saturday 15 May 1875
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 355 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW

... conversation occurred, in the course of which Dr. Kenealy took occasion to make complaint of the prison discipline of Dartmoor Prison as exemplified by the treatment of the Claimant. Prisons Bills ?? and Scotland were subsequently brought in by Sir ...

Published: Saturday 10 February 1877
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 502 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE CLAIMANT

... Enfie7&nrr publishes the following letters addressed by the convict in Dartmoor to Mr. Gail. ford Oaolqgo .nd Mrs. Onslow:- Dartmoor Prison, Devon, 29th Oct., 1875. No. A 1,139-Thomas Castro. M Mx rear. ONSLOW-Strange to say, I am still alive; nor is ma spirit ...

Published: Saturday 13 November 1875
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 463 | Page: 3 | Tags: News