Show Utah Prison Heads Still Puzzled On Mystery Flight Warden Points to Missing Mangle Cover J JAs As Lone Clue After 48 Hours Vows Eventual Discipline of Guards State prison officials Tuesday after more than 48 hours of investigation still were unable to determine how Edward Skinny Skin ny fly Meyers 39 39 made good his escape from the institution Sun Sun- i day Warden John E. E Harris reported a single clue clue a a missing heavy I canvas prison laundry mangle cover cover but but what bearing it had on the escape had not been deter deter- mined Samuel W. W Stewart board of corrections chairman said the in investigation investigation investigation in- in still sUll was continuing and it has not been determined whether negligence on the part of the guards was as responsible Warden Harris said It appeared the escape occurred Ill lQ full view Cof v C of of the guards and that someone was asleep at the switch I Time Unknown I It was believed Meyers may have fashioned a makeshift rope ladder from the mangle cover and scaled the high prison walL lL Exact time of the escape was not known Tues Tuesday lay ay officials said A mysterious telephone call to The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday gave the that Myers had escaped Tie The call made mada by bya a woman who sounded well educated and cultured cultured cultured cul- cul Informed the newspaper that Myers escaped from the prison at a. a m. m Sunday and that the officials probably are not aware of it yet The woman refused to give her name A thorough search of the prison and grounds Sunday night failed to show how the convict made his his' getaway Its difficult to fi fix responsibility I ity for the escape on any pair of i guards Warden Harris said because because because be I cause we dont don't know the exa exact t i time of the escape and who was wason wason i ion on duty But when the time element element ele ele- ment is determined rest assured that the guilty parties will be dis dis- dis- dis Visibility ty Poor Poof V Warden Harris HarM s said fd there there- w was was- s s. A small chance chaice of of Myers r escaped in a laundry or refuse cart wt I leaving the e prison 1 Visibility was poor Sunday Warden Harris Harri said but t testimony testimony sti J mony of the guards Monday showed that all sections of the wall could be se seen n. n Myers was serving a sentence of from five years to life for robb robbery ry and being an habitual criminal He en entered ered the prison in S Sept Septem September pt rn- rn ber 1933 and was paroled after serving four four years He was again taken to the prison in December 1939 for a parole violation records records records rec rec- showed To Visit Red Cross James JamesL L Fies Fieser r of Washington D. D C. C vice chairman of the American Ameri Amen can Red Cross is scheduled to ar ax arrive rive nyc In Salt Lake City late Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day to confer with the Salt Lake county chapter apt r. r |