Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1883-11-03 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

SINGULAR ESCAPE -OF A PRISONER. i Geodricke. He served • in- the Criniesiewith' the 90th the defendant, and Mr. St John Wontner watched On Friday at the Mansion House, London, Charles toped, and was severely -wounded at the assault of Light Infantry, including the siege and fall of Sebesi , the case on behalf of Mr. George Warden the late secretary of the bank, who has already 'been corn- Warwick, a labourer, who had e,scaped from the Man- , . lan,H, the Redan on the Bth of September. He served also mated for trial. It will be retnembtrel' that the ex- s ouse cells last July, after haling been coin- during the Indian Campaign of 1867-8. amination in chief of Warden, as a witnese was corn- netted for trial upon a charge of obtaining a quantity p ' f goods from a firm in Watling-street, and been releted at the last sitting. Mr. Fillan having intimated g t ore t or An odd scene has been witnessed at Sandwich at a meeting of the East Kent foxhounds. Just before that he would reserve his cross-examination. °captured at Grave.end, was brou h bef he L d Warden appeared to have somewhat recovered Mayor. The prisoner's escape was effected in ' a very mysterious way, and, . in fact was the Mint commenced Reynard sticceeded in making his from the agitation which was apparent at the Lie not discovered until some hours afterwards from to the town, and entering the house of one of the residents concealed himself under a chair' in the hearing, but a short strong beard, grown during h hie when the prison van arrived .to take him' drawing-room. -When distUrbed, he made his escape confinement, did not add to his attractiveness. iii away. From the ',prisoner's statement it seemed by a back door., ",. ; • - Me e answer to r. Poland,ahe said no one in the bank that after having' been. pin the laced cell was aware that he was taking the securities. Some ofll tln the Commission' Court, Dutilin,Edward Cowan, thought struck him that perhaps the door might not convicted of the murder of his wife in Cuffe-street, them were given to Watt ers at the bank, and the have. been locked and upon trying it he found such to in consideration of his good character throughput lif great majority at his office. That occurred gene- t; rally about the time of the Stock Exchange settling be the case. He thereupon opened the dobr and, un- and to the indignation and passion eiccited ley hit day. Just before the audit Watters gave him a ilcolleague then away, he walked out, made his blow that deprived her of life, Ise been eentenced to otice4 by the deputy gaoler, who was acting for a wife's persistent bad conduct before he struck the Scotch cheque for 21,900 to send to her (Warden's i cscape to the East' End, and so far item penal servitude for five years. • sisters in Scotland. He had lost more than tleit endeavouring to conceal himself he went to work in ' . belonging to his sisters, and he told Watt, rs he A warrant has been issued egaMst Gerald. Thomas must save that from the wreck, but 21,900 was all he the usual way at the river side for several weeks. The police, however, at length obtained seine clue, and Tully, sub-manager of the Preston Banking Cornr could obtain. pany's chief establishment at Preston, for ap' Warwick thinking it dangerous to remain longer in tropriatmg money and securities valued at 000. Cross-examined by Mr. Fillan : He had been for London made his way to Gravesend where he was ' 20 years the trusted servant of the bank, the direc- working as a labourer at the time of his arrest. The zitamination of the books shews, it is stated, tha, the tors of whom reposed the utmost confidence in him, certificate from the Old Bailey of the prisoner's non- defalcations may probably amount to £lO,