Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-03-13 | Page 1 | Music Aided in Jail Break

I MUSIC AIDED IN JAIL JAILBREAK BREAK Silenced Saws Used by Doomed Men in Joliet Lockup CHICAGO Ill III March 12 AP- AP Patrolman Leo Grant South Chicago Chi Chi- cage cago policeman shot in an encounter encounter ter with three Mexican convicts in their wild dash for liberty after escaping escaping es- es caping from the Joliet jail early today today to- to day died in the South Chicago hospital hos hos- pital tonight CHICAGO March 13 12 United The Press romantic heart of oC the tho Latin plus the ot of the tha crimi crimi- nat nal combIned to gIve three Mexican can convicts a liberty the United Press learned tonight A serIes ot of Spanish airs on tue guitar and a m mouth uth organ silenced the raspIng ot of saws on the iron bars and thus allowed the al held held in the Will county jail at Joliet execution for Jor murder to have a short taste of freedom Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert Torres Torrez said tonIght in a 1 dra- dra recital ot of the Torrez was captured today in Chicago after one ot of his fellow plotters plotters plot plot- GregorIo Rizo had been shot and dangerously wounded and another another an- an other Bernardo Roa had managed cd to escape a police cordon l expect the arrest of Boa Roa momen- momen tarU In the capture two police officers and a taxicab driver were wounded One offIcer may die Torrez statement strikes directly at the reported statement ot of Charles one ot of three e prIsoners in the Will county jaIl who attempted to escape with the MexIcans that It cost 1500 to tomake tomake make thIs attempt MUSIC BA BACKGROUND The swarthy Mexican in a glib fashion tonight told how musIc had furnished the background ot of the darin daring escape plot Last night about 8 o'clock RIzzo came to me and said I to escape tonIght and will take you with me I agreed Roa floa was broucht into the plot with us as our three cells ceils were in one block Rizzo had a three Inch saw and Continued on page 10 r MUSIC AIDED IN JAIL JAILBREAK BREAK Continued from page 1 as he started to saw the bars of one of the cell windows I started playing Spanish tunes on my guitar For twenty five minutes Rizzo sawed and I pla played ed while the guards remained up In the jail RIzzo became tired and I took another saw flea Roa picked up a mouth organ and played while I sawed Rizzo walked around the cell block watching for guards The saws made a lot of noise but our music drowned It out The cell block in which the men I were held was on the second floor leading Into a corridor ex- ex After we sawed the tops of the I bars we rested for about twenty minutes he continued in his state state- ment Then we started sawing the bottoms of the bars each of us takIng taking tak- tak Ing turns The music continued i drowning the sound of the s saws ws OVERPOWERED GUARDS About 12 1230 30 a. a nt m we finished the sawing and then we sat down and rested In about fifteen minutes Rizzo said Lets go Torrez said Rizzo and flea Roo were the first n-ien n men out of the cell and I they produced revolvers immediately Immedi- Immedi overpowering two guards They brought the guards to me and asked me to tie theIr hands I Idid Idid did this with old rags and towels we had In our cells Then Torrez said Rizzo a and n 1 Rna nna went to the cells occupied by Charles Charles Charl s Sh Shader der and Walter three I men sentenced to die at the same time as the Mexicans for lor the murdel murder mur mur- del der of Deputy Warden Varden Peter Ieter Klein In an escape fr from m the state prison at Joliet and gave them guns and sa saws ws through r tho bars v sky Shader and were overpowered by guards however after the tho Mexicans l had llad escaped After talking with Roa noa and Torrez came camo to our Celland cell celland and then we three overpowered Mr l Jimmy another guard Just as the three started downstairs downstairs down down- stairs toward the main entrance they encountered three deputies Including John whom they USED SHERIFFS SHERIFF'S C CAR R. R The other two guards were bound and left in the jail We Ve forced to Irive the sheriffs sheriff's car as we escaped from the prison grounds Torrez said The rhe rest attempted escape Is history At Indiana na Harbor Ind the sheriffs sheriff's motorcar broke down do and the three still men holdIng prisoner commandeered a taxicab and came to Chicago where the battle with police occurred oc oc- occurred Sergeant John Grant was th the most seriously wounded and to die Patrolman Joseph Fraust l was wounded also but will recover police say Police tonight are maintaining heavy cordons In South Chicago in hope of capturing Roa Two men mena a young oung negro and a Mexican are held on suspicion of havIng given saws to the three prisoners to make theIr escape