Samoan Jail-Breakers
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Samoan Jail-Breakers
From Our Own Correspondent.
APIA, December 10. two occasions recently prisoners undergoing sentences at Vaimea prison, near Apia, have escaped; and, of the five men who got away, only one has been recaptured.
Three of the prisoners, Samuelu, Tomasi and Sefo, were considered dangerous men and habitual criminals, as they had escaped on previous occasions. They made a dash for freedom when out for exercise in the prison yard, and saw an open door in the prison wall.
Samuelu, the leader of the escapees, is serving a term for rape. Tomasi is the well-known and feared “cat-burglar,” who has made the stealing of watches and clocks in unguarded homes his specialty.
Samuelu appeared shortly after his escape at a small plantation in the hills, where only a few women were present, and asked for food. By the time the police were informed by telephone, and arrived on the spot, he had become suspicious and disappeared.
It is suggested that the warders at