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Show LEADER OF IB ESCAPES JUL j Grand Jury Should Be Called to Investigate the Matter, Says Judge. Special to Tii'1 Tribune. (XH)KX, Icc. 7. "This is disffaccful. The uurts arc. useless if t his so id of i thins car. lie done. A rand jury ouht to he called to invest inn to the cast;." I Such was the statement of Judc Al- fred V, Afree of tho district court today when he learned of the escape of Koy Woodard, who had been .sentenced hy i Judges Atfee and A. R. Pra.t; to ninety j days in the city .iait for participai ion in the mob demonstrations in this city on August 118. Immediately following the st a lenient Judge Agoe pointed out that the laws of Utah provide for a, sentence of not more tha n three years in the state prison and a fine not to exceed $1000 for an officer convicted of aiding or permitting a prisoner pris-oner to escape. Judges Atfee and Pratt held a meeting late this afternoon at the courthouse, and considered the matter of Woodard" s escape. es-cape. What action may be ta ken in t lie-matter lie-matter was not announced tonight. Woodard is said to have left the city jail on Christmas flay, after having served about twenty days of the ninety-day sentence. sen-tence. No statement was made in regard re-gard to the esape of ih prisoner by Sergeant A. IC J ensen, who Is act ing chief in the absence in San Franoiseo of Chief of Police Thomas E. Jirown-ing. Jirown-ing. About ten days ago Woodard was away from the jail for a short time and then he quietly showed up when th newspapers news-papers published a story regarding his escape. Chief Brownlug said that Woodard Wood-ard had been permitted to go to the Hot Springs to receive treatment for a swelling swell-ing in his right foot. Manager Lead-better Lead-better of the springs says that Woodard has not been to the springs. |