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... are extremely disappointed with it. DARTMOOR ESCAPE IN THICK MIST A lon,t-terms prisoner escaped over the wall from Dartmoor Prison today Into thick mist which has kept vLabllKy down to a few card, at times. Roadblocks have been set up and police and ...

Published: Friday 25 June 1965
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 205 | Page: 62 | Tags: none

Very precarious

... --Page 11. Prison attack A prison officer was struck on the head with a red-hot iron bar in the blacksmith's shop at Dartmoor Prison today. He was treated at the prison hospital for severe burns and an arm injury. ...

Published: Tuesday 21 September 1971
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 236 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

RELEASED PRISONER'S STRANGE

... was told of the death of Thomas Herrity, aged 50, a native of that town. Evidence was given that he wee released from Dartmoor Prison on Saturday morning. He came to Stoke-on-Trent Station, and later was found in a local train under the inAnence of drink ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1907
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 174 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE POLICEMAN PASSENGER,

... one occasion mentioned how he was taking one of his cars down to Dartmoor to meet a man who was due for release from Dartmoor Prison. ito met his released friend at Xelvertan—a well-known holiday resort on Dartmoor near Princetown—and bega..i his ride ...

Published: Friday 27 April 1928
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 180 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Previous Escapes

... Previous Escapes No convict has within living memory made a successful escape from Dartmoor Prison. Early in the history of the prison. however, four privileged prisoners escaped by digging a tunnel through the floor of their cell. They succeeded after ...

Published: Monday 16 November 1936
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 173 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Call for Cultural

... last night skidded on ice and was in oullision with a lorry near Warder to Appeal Leslie Walton Abbott, a warder at Dartmoor Prison, who was sentenced to two years impristxunent for conspiring to effect the esoliDe of a prisoner. is to appeal against ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1956
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 210 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

BABY FOUND STRANGLED

... the Old Bailey today aentenced to 18 months' jail atter pleading guilty to conspiring to effect Mitchell's escape from Dartmoor prison. Mr. Roger Frisby. defending. said Gorelick had been used only as a messenger boy. STRIKE OVER Production at Coventry's ...

Published: Friday 16 May 1969
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 199 | Page: 73 | Tags: none

POLICE CHIEF ENDS DARTMOOR ESCAPE PROBE

... CHIEF ENDS DARTMOOR ESCAPE PROBE T HE Chief Constable of Leicester, Mr. Robert Mark, today completed his on-the-spot Dartmoor Prison inquiry into the escape of 37 years old Frank Mitchell. Mr. Mark, an assessor to Earl Mountbatten in the general inve ...

Published: Friday 16 December 1966
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 224 | Page: 65 | Tags: none

`SOCIAL CIRCUS'

... dainty blue and white polka dot blouse. Fire in Dartmoor Workshop Piro appliances from Princetown and Yelverton went to Dartmoor Prison today to join the prison fire party in fighting a blaze in the canvas shop. where mailbags are made. The lire brigade ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1963
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 226 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

HERE AND THERE

... HERE AND THERE. a is reported that in struggle with • convict at Dartmoor Prison a warder wee struck over the head with • heavy boot end badly wounded. Saki& was the verdiet the inquest on Wafter Priam, the fame 'Mar who honored himself in =do loin pal ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1905
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 182 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Inside' CRACKSMEN SUSPECTED

... Inside' CRACKSMEN SUSPECTED I A POLICE SEARCH for IA the 41 sticks of dynamite stolen from Dartmoor Prison Quarry Store on Wednesday night, has been widened to take in all known cracksmen who use explosives for their jobs. At first it was thought that ...

Published: Friday 04 February 1955
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 232 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DARTMOOR WARDER IS GIVEN BAIL

... DARTMOOR WARDER IS GIVEN BAIL LESLIE WALTON ABBOTT. a Dartmoor Prison officer, of Burrator Avenue, Princetown, was remanded on bail until December 14 when he appeared at Tavistock Magistrates Court today charged with aiding a prisoner to escape. Abbott ...

Published: Tuesday 22 November 1955
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 227 | Page: 1 | Tags: none