Barly on Saturday morning a sensational escape was made from the cells of the American Consulate. G: T. Odium, who is undergoing a sentence of 24 years' imprisonment for fraud at Canton, escaped from the cell in which he was confined at 2 a.m. He effected his escape by sawing through the bars. So far no trace of him has been found. Odium hi been confined in the Consulate for some months, and during his imprisonment he has been utilised by the Consul-General in writing reports of law cases, and correspondence, as he was a good stenographer. He wore no distinctive garb; 80 that efforts to trace him will be by no means easy.
On Sunday the police applied for a warrant for, and Detective-Sergeant Vaughan arrested an Englishman called Bailey on the charge of helping Odium to escape. It appears that Bailey lived behind the Consulate until recently, and it is alleged that be and Odium were friends and that it was he who procured the saw for the prisoner, Bailey it is understood admits handing in some things to Odium.
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