Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-08-07 | Page 6 | Guard Shoots down Escaping Prisoner |

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Date	1934-08-07
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Guard Shoots down Escaping Prisoner
Type	article
Date	1934-08-07
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	6
OCR Text	Show GUARD SHOOTS DOWN ESCAPING PRISONER Convicts Refuse to Surrender When Caught on Ott Roof JEFFERSON CITY Mo Aug 7 W Manual Manual Rinker 32 convict in the Missouri state penitentiary serving erving 50 years ars for lor bank robbery was shot to dea death h Monday when he arI John OBrien O'Brien 39 convict from Irom St St. Louis co county nty attempted to io escape OBrien O'Brien wounded seriously The men were discovered on the roof tool o of the prison warehouse by A. A W. W Bender a guard who fired when they refused to surrender OBrien O'Brien was serving a year ten term for lor first degree robbery The two convicts who were cell cell- mates In I In hall hail had sawed the bars from the cell window and lowered themselves from Irom them thein cell with an improvised rope made from Irom blankets
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