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Show PRISONER TAKES FRENCH LEAVE P.y slipping from his shackles, Charles W.igner, a city prisoner doing 180 days on the rock pjle, suet ceiled In gaining his liberty yesterday anil was not recaptured. The guard in charge of the men at the gravel pit fired two shots at the escaping pris-ouer, pris-ouer, but failed to c heel; his flight. Wagner was serving time for petit larceny. He Is an ex-convict and was known to bo u- very tricky prisoner. Just how he succeeded in freeing him-velt him-velt from the shackles is not knuwn, The police of the surrounding cities and towns have been nntifle.1 to be on the lookout lor the escaped convict. The matter was not reported to the newspapers by the police until labt evening. |