Show 31 HOURS ON A PRISON ROOF english covle coviel trying to escape amuses pedestrians with songs and other antics london after st 31 hours of liberty on the jail roof a prisoner who eluded the th vigilance of his bis sardara while at exercise and clambered up a rail fall pipe pipa recently surrendered hungry tired and much subdued in spirit tho the only food he be had bad had bad during his bis long outing consisted ot of a few apples which people in the crowd whom he ha entertained throw to him armley jail leeds was the scene of tho the strange escapade the man said to have haro had some naval training climbed up the water pipe to the roof with the agility of a monkey chenco ho he stationed himself on an tho the top of a turreted air shaft standing 15 feet eel above tho he t root roof warders warder a who essayed hla his recapture he kept at bay with states slates ho he had stripped from the root by the time tho the officials had decided on starving him out a considerable crowd had collected in the street the man at intervals amused his audience with songs bongs hornpipes horn born pipes spirited 8 r danced on the barrow arrow lodge ledge of the turret imitations ot of cutlass drill semaphore signaling swimming etc oc a he addressed the tha crowd declaring he ha was on strike it was not until late in the afternoon naon that he broke his fast in ho managed aan I 1 aged to catch two or three aggs thrown wu to him its he held wit out tor for ft A few hours louper longer but would uok not face faco another hungry night on anthe tho air shaft ledge |