Show BREAK RECALLS FATAL ATTEMPT Prisoner Shot From Wall in 5 J Previous Escape Venture Escape of ot Robert Earle and subs subsequent subsequent quent trouble inside the yard at the Utah state prison Saturday morning recalled the last serious outbreak of this kind experienced at the tion That was on October 9 1931 when Lewis 26 serving for rob robbery ry was shot off oft the prison wall by a n guard and died a few moments later in cell block No 1 As an aftermath of the attempted break of Deathridge two inside guards Balvin L. L ChrIstensen and David L. L R Reese se were slugged and held as hostages by the rioting noting pris pris- Christensen's skull kull was fractured frac and his back injured while finally escaped with severe severe lacerations of ot the head bead Robert H. H Elliott and Delbert Webster Web WebS ster serving life terms for murder were held to be ringleaders of this riot riol 4 The Trie north wall q qt the prison has b been n used in fri every Instance of attempted attempted at at- tempted or successful breaks Why this wall waIl is always ch chosen en for tor the breaks in view of the presence of the wire who fence outs outside de it is ls' a a. mystery to prison officials The only explanation on officials can offer otter is that the north wall wallis is farther removed from a guard tower than any other The only guard to which that section section sec see tion of the wall is exposed is 15 approximately approximately yards away which is a along along along long range for shotguns |