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J 81 1 Bre B Break rean Condemned d K Kill i Her e r Dies Another Is Badly Hurt in 0 Riots Riots- R 10 ts 1 By Associated Press COLUMBUS l Ohio Ohio Sept 22 22 Charles Makley former John Dillin ger gangster gangster- was was shot shot to death tod today y yby by Ohio penitentiary guards Who frustrated an attempt by Makley and nd Harry Pierpont to win their freedom from the death cell at atthe the prison Pierpont was was' wounded critically The two attempted to duplicate the stunt of their former mer chieftain in bluffing blurring their way out of ot the penitentiary peni peal with fake weapons Where Dillinger successfully made his way y out of ot Crown jail last spring by cowing a a gu guard rd with wilh witha wilha a pistol fashioned out of wood Pierpont Pier Pier- pont pent and Mak ey were unsuccessful in lit attempting to bluff Ohio prison guards with W weapons capons apo m made de from soap Perfect Imitations ns The rhe weapons weapons weapons' th those se saw them said were perfect imitations of ot a caliber 32 revolver and an auto auto- pistol matic More th than n a a dozen shots were fired b by prison guards who rushed to theL the theL L Ii block where conde condemned mcd prisoners are housed in r response to o a an alarm sound sounded cd by by- Guard John T. T Jones who wh sensed the th attempt at a a break a as h he uw two prisoners rs c n th 4 ag ag tf surrounding the I L block black The attempted break c ca came I e c as as as' warden Warden War War- den Preston E. E Thomas was as' as divulging to newspaper per me men a possible link with a prisoner in inthe the penitentiary to Bruno Hauptmann suspect in the e Lindbergh cas case Get Gd Ou Out of Cells Pierpont and Makley it somehow somehow- first reports not did indicate h hoW how how- w- w got cot out of their cells ceUs and into the cage surrounding the L block where prisoners awaiting electrocution arc kept A guard stationed In the cage at theL theLI the theL L LI block detected Immediately immediately imme Imme- sounded the alarm button hutton and summoned guards who fired more than rl ii a dozen shots Makley was shot In the head and shoulder and both he and nd Pierpont were shot in hi the spine Makley and P t were Jo have been electrocuted last July 13 for the slaying of Sheriff Sherif J Jess ss Sarber of Allen Al Al- ten len county when last October 12 12 they and four oth other r former pals of John Dillinger invaded the Jail and lib liberated rated Dillinger DillIn ger but n an appeal to the tim supreme court stayed their execution lion tion Bank Robbery Suspect Dillinger had been held as a bank robbery suspect The prison orison grapevine said Pier Pier- pont little chance to live The story of f the attempted break as told by Deputy Warden J J. J C. C Woodward Two guards were verc In the death house the attempted break was made O O. E. E.- Slagle was Inside the cage within which are the death cells celsA A guard C C. W. W was seated seated seat seat- ed cd on ori a a table outside le the cage A guard J. J T T. Jones was in a little guardroom separating the death howe house from the L cell cellblock block Sl Slagle gle was in the thc cage age putting pulling a ameal ameal meal Into Pierpont's cell Pierpont told him he he did not feel good and want wanted d some sonic some saUl salts As the guard turned away from the cell door Pierpont PierpOnt- hit him with his list and said Give me mc that key Strikes Guard Ai Alain lo Slagle refused and Pierpont struck him agaIn and took the thc key awa away from him He then produced his gun made of soap and blackened and marched down the cage and unlocked Russell Clarks Clark's cell door Clark i- i Ls s serving a alife life sentence Continued on Pace Page Three Three I DILLINGER PALS SHOT IN Pair Make Soap Guns Cuns and Attempt to Free Other Ohio Convicts Continued from front Pace Page One for tor the S Sheriff Sarber murder They then opened all the cells and awl turned loose all aU eight men in th the de death aUt house Makley had a small soap automatic automatic auto auto- matic matte w while e Pierpont had a soap re re- re- re volver These desperate convicts then backed the two guards toward the steel door behind which Jones was fortified Jones Jones' fortE fortl They had to get past before they could reach the open cell block They broke a big table into pieces and tried to smash their way in to Jones They were using Pf arr as a shield against Jon Jones Jones' rifle Quickly Sounds Alarm Jones who has nothing more than thana a through the steel door qUi quickly kIy sensed the trouble and sounded sounded sound sound- ed a general alarm The e riot squad always held ready I in n the main guardroom rushed to the theL L 14 block where they found Pierpont and Makley leading an assault upon the he door The riot squad lined up the door was flung open and as Pierpont arid and Makley poked their false faise weapons weapon toward oward the guards the guards fire ire Pierpont and Makley dropped Instantly Instantly In In- before the first volley an anone and andone andone one guard was wounded in the hamas hand ham handas as he attempted to get into the death I house louse Order was quickly restored Guards were thrown around the thc outside outside valls walls and the inside additional guards were called to duty to guard against any possible p outside help getting in to th the themen themen men men who sought freedom The other six men men in theL thewL block bloc were returned to their cc ls none none o of at them hem apparently injured by DY the rifle fire The Lindbergh link about which th the ward warden n conferred with per men concerned a note sent to toan an u unidentified Identified prisoner in the penitentiary penitentiary late in 1931 or early in 1932 Amanda Thomas daughter of ot th the warden and postmistress at the prison pris pris- on recalled the letter because o of its peculiarity The warden said it was was signed by Bruno Hauptmann th the name of the suspect held in New York After receiving the letter the prisoner pris pris' oner sent a note to the warden askin askIng that he be given a conference Th The warden disregarded the first note riot but when the prisoner sent another he conferred with the prisoner In la Code The prisoner the warden said ii Informed in In- formed him that the letter was written written writ writ- ten in a code devised by Hauptman Hauptmann and that it could be read by skipping every other word vord o Read thusly the note said sald Will kidnap the Lindbergh baby LIMA Ohio Sept 22 Harry JP-Harry P Harry Pierpont and Charles Ma Makley ey were convicted of ot first degree murder last las March In the slaying October 1933 of Sheriff Jess L. L Sarber of of Allen county here I IJohn John Dilli Dillinger ger was being held i ithe inthe irI in the jail jaU trial for the 2800 robbery of a Bluffton Ohio bank b Three well dressed men entered th the Jail early in the evening of ot O October Oc Oc- tober 12 Were Michigan police officers one said We want to see John Dil linger You have your credentials Inquired Inquired inquired in In- the sheriff Heres my credentials said on one of ot the men later identified as Fie Pierpont Pier Pier- pont As he spoke he drew a pistol pisto and shot the sheriff sheri who died with within an hour S Mrs Ms Sarber Barber and and Deputy Wilbur I Sharpe witnessed the slaying Th The gunmen forced Sharpe to unlock Di Dil lingers linger's cell find and nd departed with th the gangster Later it was reported that Pierpont Makley and Russell Clark had eng engi engi- the Dillinger delivery in pay his efforts in helping them escape from the Indiana state prison at Michigan City where they ha had been before Dillinger was wa paroled Pierpont pont Makley Clark and Dl DIl linger finally were captured January January January Janu Janu- ary 22 1334 In Tucson Ariz after they had blazed a trail of bank robberies robberies robberies rob rob- through the middle west Wooden Gun Escape Dillinger was taken to Crown Crow CrownPoint Point Ind md jail where he subs subsequently subsequently made his notorious wooden gun escape Clark Makley an and Pierpont were were returned to Lima Under under under un un- der heavy guard and tried separately for tor the Sarber murder Ohio national trainee trained machine guns on the desperadoes desperadoes' cells and guarded entrances entrance to th the courtroom while the trials were i in progress All three were convicted CLEVELAND Sept 22 UP UP- UP Four prisoners in county jail here her overpowered two unarmed deputies and an elevator operator today but bu failed to escape when the alarm was wa sounded and the building locked an and surrounded Deputy James T. T Sutton Button suffered a wound back of the right ear when h he was struck by a loaded revolver in inthe inthe inthe the hand of one of the prisoners |