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NEW HUNGER STRIKE BREAKS DOWN

... NEW HUNGER STRIKE BREAKS DOWN The hunger strike of 119 military prisoners in Dartmoor Prison was reported to-day to have broken down. A Home Office official said that “ a substantial number ” of the Ensoners on hunger strike ate reakfast to-day. Three ...

Published: Wednesday 16 October 1946
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 92 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CONVICTS WORK OUTSIDE PRISON

... CONVICTS WORK OUTSIDE PRISON DARTMOOR RINGLEADERS STILL SEGREGATED. A party of convicts from Dartmoor Prison, equipped with spades and picks, were yesterday hard work clearing the icebound gutters in the town under the supervision of armed warders. On ...

Published: Monday 15 February 1932
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 84 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PRISON BREAKER AGAIN AT

... 31-year-old convict, who was at large for six months after escaping from Lewes Jail in 1939, made a daring getaway from Dartmoor Prison this morning. An intensive search over the moors by police and warders on horseback was immediately organised. Thurston ...

Published: Tuesday 25 March 1941
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 88 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FRESH DARTMOOR SURPRISE

... Revelations There has been a remarkable development in connection with the charges expected following the mutiny in Dartmoor Prison. The Prison Reform Society has decided to defend all the convicts concerned, and a solicitor has been empowered to take ...

Published: Saturday 27 February 1932
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 474 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

ESCAPED CONVICT CAPTURED

... ESCAPED CONVICT CAPTURED convict who escaped from Dartmoor Prison on Monday was recaptured last night Penzanoe, Laving and hidden in a goods train from Tavistock. ...

Published: Wednesday 30 May 1906
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 25 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

I: \CIAO\ S AT THE ECLIPSE

... gone ;before. T4,-mght Sir Gerald Du Manlier ill he featured in Escape, that exciting drama of a convict's escape from Dartmoor Prison, and his subsequent re-captire. Then for the first part of next week the droll comedy pair, Wheeler and Woolsey, and Bebe ...

Published: Friday 22 May 1931
Newspaper: Port-Glasgow Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 99 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ESCAPEE RETURNS IN HANDCUFFS

... Decker, Richmond. Surrey, who was arrested on the sea-front at Paignton. Devon, on Saturday night after escaping from Dartmoor Prison on Thursday, returned to the prison yesterday. ...

Published: Monday 16 May 1949
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 39 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

OUTBREAK OF CONVICTS

... OUTBREAK OF CONVICTS. On the bogs adjoining Dartmoor Prison, on Friday afternoon, a convict, named Henderson, Mas seen stealing away. When called upon to stop, he rushed at Warder Prior, and hurled a Mater-can in his face. Another convict, named Whistlecroft ...

Published: Saturday 22 November 1902
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 85 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

UFE THREATENED BY CONVICTS

... CONVICTS •{XPECTED TO BE MURDERED' (EVILATIONS IN DARTMOOR . MUTINY CASE As convicts who are alleged to have involved in tha Dartmoor Prison ggtfey on Sunday, January 24, made second appearance before the ftiitttown Magistrates today. ngifg cross-examination ...

Published: Thursday 17 March 1932
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 96 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

SHAMROCK II

... Watt Dock. THE ESCAPE FROM DARTMOOR PRISON. SILVESTER STILL AT LARGE. HE COMMITS ANOTHER BURGLARY The Prc-s Associations Tavistock correspondent telegraphs ; Walter Silvester, one of the men who escaped from Dartmoor Prison on Thursday, its still at large ...