Show CONVICT ESCAPES PEN pE BY IY CLIMBING EAST WALE W AL S 7 a C i a t 1 k m m i I EARL SLUGGED GUARD 1 t cL c p L I L a a 4 i 47 It i 4 S 7 i a J ii ro ww HERE 5 F a. a k a I III 4 a I JUMPED w I 4 NORTH WALL WALL- r a 2 v.- v. v ii g a I I Gra Graphic illustration of or h r t E upper r. r right ht escaped c the state stale prison its Saturday Saturday- I morning Left is a of ot the tho northeast tower and wall over which Earle escaped Bottom is is' isa a panorama of or the prison yard I M I T v SLUGS SlUG S GUARD THROWS GUNS TO PRISONERS Riot Narrowly Averted ia Robert Earle Earlo Climbs to to Fr Freedom edom WEAPONS WEAPONS' ARE RECOVERED RECOVERED- j A Alertness of f Dep Deputies ties e Ends Ugly Stampede Stampe 8 Slugging a gu guard d and arming him self sef with prison guns Robert Earle Earle- 26 26 made a sensational escape from n the state prison and nd o only iy quick oc action ion of other guards av averted ah ati abortive riot r t. t r While nearly other felons milled inthe in the yard Earl Earle mounted the north east wall slugged Joseph the guard on duty in the tower arm armed d himself end and tIed lied through Parleys Parley's canyon canyon can can- yon in a truck he forced two boys boya tol to turn over over- overto t to him Before he jumped 20 feet teet to to the tIie ground outside the walI the fugitive threw two guns gum to to- the convicts Jn in U the e yard who fired tired at while Earle made his getaway uri i. d Riot fot Is Averted J Warden R. R E. E Davis said a riot rIot waS waS' averted only because two tw oth other gu guards on duty inside the w wall n dl db- db armed th the convicts and forced them theta Into the The escape and attempted riot t threw w the prison into pandemonium for tora fora a short time Police officers sherill's prison and officials were summoned i t w s r vj liln 15 utes and posses passes PO set out but in of Earle with U the h lp Apparently planned e help heIrs fellow of-fellow convicts Earle Earle- made his des desperate p rate escape at m. m while the convicts were enjoying their morning rest est p period in the yard rard Guard Is Ys Slugged H He ran northeast corner with the rope made from blankets threw it to the top and climbed up Enter Enter- lag ing- the guard tower he lie surprised who was in the lavatory ry slugged him and made a i. i grab for two sawed off shotguns a rifle and a in the lower Stunned by the j jumped to his feet feet and and scuffled wIth the convict who slugged him again and felled hIm Before wre wre- covered from the blo blow Earle had hac r re returned returned re- re turned to the wall with the four four- weapons He threw a shotgun and a rifle into the yard where the other prisoners were yere wafting turned to and said id I dont don't want to kill you you ou but butI I II necessary y M Makes kes Good Escape apparently mac made e a move toward Earle who turned and tir fired d done one shot from a revolver at the terrified terri terri- fled fied guard The action prisoners pris in the yard into confusion Two T felons unidentified nide who vho picked up the weapons weapons' Earle had thrown at them fired tired at the tower while Earle jumped to the ground over the over the east wall waIl Picking up the guns he had thrown down he fled to the the- barbed wire fence inclosing the penitentiary threw his guns over and climbed outside Stumblingly he e ran to a e service sta station sta- sta tion at the corner of of East and 1st South ats There he forced it M. M J. J Hogan 25 of 2635 ChadwIck s st to surrender his car caroS As oS Hogan stepped from the m ma machine md- md chine however he pulled out but the keys and dropped them on the floor r. r Fearing he would lose time Earle then turned to a truck a-truck In which Tyler Evans and Ward Wilson were riding and which stopped had for a traffic light at the intersection k Ho forced the two youths two youths out out oat at gunpoint and fled cast east o on South st st. through Parleys Parley's c canyon While Earle Earlc sped eastward as vard on the highway the prison yard W was thrown into momentary confusion Isaac J. J Stewart and George Goorge Brown Brow veteran inside guards had been attracted at by by- byth the th shots shots' and ran to the northeast corner of ot the yard guards approaching tho two convicts who wh had armed themselves themselves them them- selves s with the weapons Earle threw at them dropped the the guns guns with the crowd Guns Recovered Arc Stewart Ste and Brown picked up the guns b backed over the danger line to 0 the the weapons and held the convicts away I. I Stewart held the rifle and nd Brown the he shotgun and together the felons back Into the where they were locked up up By this time crowds had gathered outside the prison and South st at was blocked with automobiles which fearing to venture east at ot t the c penitentiary Lee Jarvis service station attendant attendant attend attend- ant mt at Fifteenth East and first T South ts witnessed the escape He said hel he heard the shot Earle fired t Tat at t came came Out of the station to see the felon jump to th the ground Sends Call Coll to Police PoUce He Re ran into th the st station and nd c 11 led d police who already were on their w way y answering h a general riot call sounded by the guard Mrs Wilford Giles GUes wife of ot the deputy warden also saw v the cS escape pc Continued on Pan Fi I I I CONVICT FLEES OVER PEN WALL Robert Earle Slugs Guard Cuard Steals teals Truck to Mal Ma Male e ef f it ej Good Escape Continued from Pare one She reported she saw Earle throw his bis weapons over the fence climb over and stumblingly run to Twenty Twenty- first South st. st She also saw savi the fugi fugitive tive obtain the auto in which he fled Warden R R. B. B E. E Davis Davis' praised the courage of Stewart and Brown who ran through the crowd of milling convicts con con- and prevented a l riot rial Their act averted possible trouble trouble trou ble the warden said I believe 90 per cent of the men would not have started anything but the danger was there Will WUI Launch Investigation He said an investigation would be started at once to find the unidentified fied lied convicts who fired at the guard tower Following the escape de declined I de-I de- de dined to l leave ve his post in the guard tower I Although suffering from a bruised face where Earle had struck him himl remained at his post until I Ithe the end of his shift at 2 p. p m. m i iA A report that a truck answering the description of ol the one in which the fugitive escaped was seen speeding speed speed- lag ing along East st led police to believe that Earle EarIe may not have gone through Parleys Parley's canyon as was first reported but may have doubled back and be hiding biding In Salt Lake Peace officers through the west however were notified of ot the escape and were asked to be on the lookout for lor the fugitive |