| Show 1 i Davis Attacks i Pen Conditions h As Antiquated r 5 Demands Investigation tion After Earles Earle's Daring Escape Officers Unable to Find i Trace of Fugitive While authorities conducted a frantic search in Salt Lake tor for Robert Earle 26 convict who escaped from the state prison satu Saturday day Warden R. R E. E Davis asked investigation of or prison conditions by the state board of corrections So long as Ut Utah h has an antiquated prison It can expect anything in th the way vay of riots and breaks the warder warden declared Earle apparently had covered his ht tracks racks well Police and deputy sher sher- IUs f were unable to find a trace of him hin after alter they recovered the truck he used In hi n the getaway va hidden in fn brush iia in ii ina a ravine two and a half miles mUes from Emigration canyon Sunday Warden Davis denounced the pres present present ent institution and compared it with an eighteenth century bastile Blood Gets Request Governor Henry H. H Blood arriving at t his hs office upon his ret return rn from Washington D. D C. C was advised o othe of the he wardens warden's request for an investigation gation and said that as lias soon as S th the press of state business is over th the board oard gladly will inspect the prison and nd and cooperate fully to remedy condi condi- Warden Davis indicated he believed the he break was successful partly because be bc- cause ause the guard was overconfident nl and relaxed vigilance Earle escaped after climbing the thc wall with an improvised rope and slugging lugging a guard Joseph who vho was on duty at the northeast tower and was in the lavatory tory at th the th Lime ime e Action n Wall on on Probe Perhaps the guard was a little toe top too overconfident and relaxed his vigilance lance lanc ance the w warden said I III am insisting insisting insist ing all guards be more alert but any action other than that will have to tc follow ollow a board of corrections gation We have enough guards to cope with any situation but the physical conditions under which they work vork make it impossible to prevent such occurrences Not only is the prison in ina a 3 crowded residential area but it is overcrowded and lacks facilities to permit segregation which is all in fa favor In- In o- o vor of a minority bad element clement The warden dIs disclosed he had asked he the state emergency public works committee to seek funds for a new prison but that the plan was turned down Iown as not meeting federal require require- ments Cites Other Breaks He cited major breaks brew in other prisons in which many persons have been een Deen killed and declared Its a wonder wonder won won- der something that serious hasn't occurred oc cc here We need a place where we can do something We cant can't do anything with ah ln eighteenth century bastile he aid said An unofficial demand for a thorough thorough thor thor- ough ugh investigation of the escape and prison irison conditions gained impetus Monday A. A C C. C Smoot president of the Sugarhouse Sugar- Sugar house louse Business Busine Mens Men's league said that the league probably will discuss the matter at its regular meeting Tues day lay noon at the L O. O O. O F. F hall 2044 Eleventh East st sL Strongly Behind Plan Our organization is strongly bc be- und hind the proposal to move the prison he ie said He Ic indicated Sugarhouse residents felt the break endangered them S Samuel W. W Stewart and James Ivers vers members of the board of corrections cor cor- which Is headed by Governor BlOOd said that he had no official l notice of an investigation but expected ex one would be called Warden Davis pointed out th that lt the next ext regular meeting o of the board is scheduled for December 6 6 but indicated indi he would welcome a meeting before then He invited state slate officials welfare workers and penal experts to come out Dut to the prison and talk blk it over with the board There has been much destructive criticism against prison conditions because because because be be- cause they are not known I think something constructive can be done he added Cites Factors In Unrest He cited new state and federal laws restricting s sale lle of prison made goods as a contributing factor to prison unrest unrest un rest naming low walls and old cellblocks cellblocks cell eel blocks as other factors I 1 am not an alarmist but those are the facts and it is up to the state torace to face race them he declared Earle appeared at the home o of ci County Attorney Harold E. E Wallace 1809 Michigan ave at p. p m rn Saturday and obtained food money mone and at the point of f a gun Jun Bri Brandishing the shotgun he seized in in his b beak cak Earle accosted Mr am and Mrs rs Wallace as the attorney was wa backing his auto from a garage garace He forced Coreed them the house After Mr Wallace requested Earle to give Ive up and the latt latter r ra- ra refused re re- fused the county attorney was forced to give the fugitive sandwiches and fruit 1 SI and a f trousers Officers believe Earle is in the city but bad had no trace trace of ot him They ar arc Continued oa on F Pus FAn Two w t 1 IDA DAVIS VIS DECRIES PEN CONDITIONS Continued from froni Page Pue One Ones watching places where they hey think he might appear Third In Seven Months Saturdays Saturday's break was the third in seven months Earle Is the only one of five involved in the three escapes who Is still at large Three were captured captured captured cap cap- and the fourth fourth William William A. A Fair was Fan was killed while resisting ar ar- ar- ar rest Farr made a n quiet but sensational break on April 24 Two nights later he was shot down after terrorizing residents in the southeastern part parr of the county by making several appear appear- ances Serving a life term with Rex Aylett for tor the murder of ot Roylance Fitzgerald in December 1922 Farr effected his escape while outside the prison walls Farr who was wa the commissary help help- helper er was allowed to go 10 to the directly south of the prison main en en- trance He fled tIed unobserved and his absence was discovered when the farm gang was checked in shortly before noon Farr Parr appeared in several places In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Holladay region after seizing auto mobiles and terrorizing residents SUrrounded Surrounded Surrounded Sur SUr- rounded by officers he was shot when he a attempted tempted to seize weapons froni tv two of them Three trusties e. e escaped aped Oct 25 and were captured a week later They were William Connell Cannel Jack Cannon and Ronald Miller They were caught by deputy sheriffs as they slept In a ashack ashack ashack shack at South and Sixth West Miller l ran away under fire from guards while he was working on the prison farm arm half a mile from the buildings During the excitement the other two fled from in front of the prison where they were working Because the men were found together together to to- gether Warden R. R E. E Davis believed their escape was jointly planned |
