Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-18 | Page 3 | Convicts Use Lock Trick for Escape

CONVICTS USE LOCK TRICK FOR ESCAPE e EASTVIEW N. N Y July 13 18 JP- JP Ralph Richards who has a law degree and a reputation as one of the country's coun coun- try's ry's slipperiest criminals was hunted In In n several states today after escaping escape Ing ng Eastview penitentiary by a lock trick rick that left jailers gaping He and three others put leather strips trips over the tumblers on the of f their cells Saturday night These kept the automatic levers from making mak- mak ing ng the doors fast fast- yet et registered on ontie the tie indicator that every cell door was closed It was the first time in 16 ears rears any anyone one had circumvented the proof escape system Fleeing in a car they stole from a ayoung oung young couple the four separated later ater Two of them John de Rosa and Arth Arthur r Palumbo Manhattan holdup men were captured yesterday near Alpine N N. J J. Frank Larocco New NewYork NewYork NewYork York bandit was still at large today with Richards Richards half brother of Vincent RIchards Richard tennis player was serving a year fo for foe assault on oi on oia a policeman He Ie had a flare for tor mulcting speakeasy speak- speak easy owners by posing as a dry agent Four years years ago agoo ago he escaped Tombs prison New York where he was held heldon on n a charge of impersonation gee I