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True crime · 30.09.1920

The tunnel escape from Haapsalu jail

Põgenemine Haapsalu vanglast maa-aluse käigu kaudu

On the night of 29–30 September 1920 five prisoners escaped from the Haapsalu jail. Three were awaiting trial for horse theft and one for robbery; another had been sentenced to death by a military court for robbery and murder and had already broken out of custody once before. They had cut a piece out of the floorboards in a corner by the plank beds and dug a passage about eleven feet long under two foundation walls, spreading the earth and stones under the floor and stuffing some into a sleeping bag. The warden insisted every cell was checked each evening; Kaja's correspondent drily suggested the checks were done from horseback.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Ööl vastu 30. septembrit 1920 põgenes Haapsalu vangimajast viis vangi. Kolm ootasid kohut hobusevarguse, üks röövimise eest; üks oli sõjaväljakohus röövmõrva eest surma mõistnud ja ta oli juba korra vahi alt põgenenud. Vangid olid lõiganud naride juurest nurgast põrandalaudadest tüki välja ja kaevanud umbes üheteistkümne jala pikkuse käigu kahe alusmüüri alt läbi; mulla ja kivid loopisid nad põranda alla laiali ja toppisid osa magamiskotti. Vanglaülem kinnitas, et kambreid kontrolliti igal õhtul hoolega; Kaja kirjasaatja arvas pilkavalt, et ju tehti seda hobuse seljast.

Map of the area around The tunnel escape from Haapsalu jail
58.94400° N, 23.54000° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Kaja, 5 October 1920, p. 1 (DIGAR) ↗

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