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Terror Trio Closely Guarded, Three convicts who escaped Collins Bay penitentiary and went on a terror spree before being captured in St. Catharines 10(...)
Terror Trio Closely Guarded, Three convicts who escaped Collins Bay penitentiary and went on a terror spree before being captured in St. Catharines 10(...)

Terror Trio Closely Guarded, Three convicts who escaped Collins Bay penitentiary and went on a terror spree before being captured in St. Catharines 10(...)

Date2/22/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Terror Trio Closely Guarded; Three convicts who escaped Collins Bay penitentiary and went on a terror spree before being captured in St. Catharines 10 days ago arrive at old city hall from Don jail to appear in court.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0119897F
Garry Beach (left) and Robert Read (right), Inmates of Warkworth Institution, acted with volunteer Wendy Blackwood and four fellow convicts in a play (...)
Garry Beach (left) and Robert Read (right), Inmates of Warkworth Institution, acted with volunteer Wendy Blackwood and four fellow convicts in a play (...)
5/1/1977
Veeravagu Velmurugu: Plotted massive breakout from Collins Bay
Veeravagu Velmurugu: Plotted massive breakout from Collins Bay
8/28/1983
Scholarship-Winning Convict Edison McKenna, 41, serving a 10-year sentence for armed robbery, has been granted day parole to attend Ontario College of(...)
Scholarship-Winning Convict Edison McKenna, 41, serving a 10-year sentence for armed robbery, has been granted day parole to attend Ontario College of(...)
9/6/1978
Back in custody: Herbert Ray Smith, 29, who escaped from a Parkdale halfway house last Tuesday, sits in a cruiser at Metro police 11 Division last night
Back in custody: Herbert Ray Smith, 29, who escaped from a Parkdale halfway house last Tuesday, sits in a cruiser at Metro police 11 Division last night
2/14/1988
Injured convicts found inside Kingston Penitentiary after 500 convicts ended their rebellion yesterday are brought out by ambulance. One inmate was fo(...)
Injured convicts found inside Kingston Penitentiary after 500 convicts ended their rebellion yesterday are brought out by ambulance. One inmate was fo(...)
4/18/1971
10-By-12-Inch hole in bars through which eight convicts escaped - one was recaptured - from Mimico Correctional Centre is inspected by a prison offici(...)
10-By-12-Inch hole in bars through which eight convicts escaped - one was recaptured - from Mimico Correctional Centre is inspected by a prison offici(...)
2/13/1978
The convict at the Graveside, Det
The convict at the Graveside, Det
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Like the kid next door: David Hinsperger is 18, looks 15, has just started shaving and he's serving a life sentence for second-degree murder in Collins Bay Penitentiary
Like the kid next door: David Hinsperger is 18, looks 15, has just started shaving and he's serving a life sentence for second-degree murder in Collins Bay Penitentiary
8/1/1980
Billy Hayes, Escaped in a rowboat
Billy Hayes, Escaped in a rowboat
9/19/1978
Kingston penitentiary warden. Arthur Jarvis (left) sits quietly listening to group of inmates who are acting as spokesmen for 500 rebellious convicts (...)
Kingston penitentiary warden. Arthur Jarvis (left) sits quietly listening to group of inmates who are acting as spokesmen for 500 rebellious convicts (...)
4/15/1971
Robert Maurice Mills: The 28-year-old man was captured with his elder brother after siege
Robert Maurice Mills: The 28-year-old man was captured with his elder brother after siege
4/11/1985
On Most-wanted list since skipping $50,000 bail last June, Edwin MacDonald crosses hands to conceal handcuffs at police headquarters. He was captured (...)
On Most-wanted list since skipping $50,000 bail last June, Edwin MacDonald crosses hands to conceal handcuffs at police headquarters. He was captured (...)
2/6/1957