True crime · 29.09.1928
Two prisoners vanish into the woods at Harku
Kaks vangi põgenevad Harkus metsa
On Saturday 29 September 1928 six convicts from Harku prison were repairing the branch line of the prison's peat works, about a kilometre from the jail, under a single guard. At four o'clock they loaded the tools onto two trolleys, climbed aboard three to a trolley and began pushing themselves back along the rails with their feet, the guard walking behind. After half a kilometre, where thick alder scrub grew on both sides, two young men serving sentences for robbery jumped off and ran. The guard emptied his revolver after them without a hit, then had to march the other four back to the prison at a run.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Laupäeval, 29. septembril 1928 parandasid kuus Harku vangla vangi ühe valvuri järelevalvel vangla turbatööstuse raudteeharu umbes kilomeetri kaugusel vanglast. Kell neli laaditi tööriistad kahele rullikule, vangid istusid kolmekaupa peale ja hakkasid end jalgadega tõugates mööda rööpaid vangla poole liikuma, valvur sammus taga. Poole kilomeetri pärast, kus raudtee kõrval kasvas tihe lepavõsa, hüppasid kaks röövimise eest karistust kandvat noormeest maha ja jooksid. Valvur tühjendas nende suunas revolvri, kuid ei tabanud; ülejäänud neli pidi ta joostes vanglasse tagasi viima.