Show Missing Utah I Convict Escapes Elderly Officer er When Louis alias Joe Valdez escaped Utah state prison in inmate inmate inmate in- in mate takes leave of his captors he does so with Unconcern unconcern un un- concern and much dignity How Mu r i n d a an elderly elderly elder elder- ly Iy deputy sheriff hiff 1 escorting him to San Quentin prison pris pris- on on California on Monday to serve a lengthy length term for a box car holdup is related in m a dispa dispatch dispatch dis dis- dis- dis pa patch from San Francisco FrIda Friday Only a short distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance from the prison gates Mur Mur- inda known in California as Vader Val Val- dez der held up the deputy with the lat lat- latter's ter's own gun made him turn the automobile around and drive to Los Angeles where the prisoner disappeared neared in a crowd DEPUTY AGITATED The deputy burst into the she sheriffs sheriff's rills rill's office in Los Angeles wildly waving commitment papers and demanding a large posse to go in in search of ot the thc fugitive The escape was effected with the same coolness exhibited while working with a n prison gang at atthe atthe atthe the Hogle Gardens zoo last July when he calmly dropped his tools and walked into the thick brush eluding a belated search when he was discovered discovered dis dis- dis covered missing I the same chap said Warden Warden War War- den R. R E. E Davis of the state prison when informed of latest escapade He wasn't to be trusted while an inmate here and Im I'm not surprised surprised surprised sur sur- to learn he gave someone the slip again I Valdez had been convicted in San Joaquin county of a 3 holdup and had been placed in the custod custody of Deputy Sheriff W W. X Clark and Mrs Clark for the drive to San Quentin Deputy Deput Clark was forced to dig into his own pocketbook to furnish money for gasoline gasoline gas gas- oline and sandwiches on the long drive from Point Richmond near San Quentin to fo foLos Los Angeles The dispatch said Valdez is known as an around all Mexican bad man and has a record ranging from vagrancy va- va I gr grancy ncy to robbery and attempted murder At one time he ese escaped ped jail jaU in Sacramento according to the dis dIs- dis- dis 1 patch |