Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-21 | Page 2 | Convicts Killed by 'Trusty' Guards

KILLED BY TRUSTY GUARDS Slaying of Pair Follows Attempt Attempt At- At tempt to Escape TUCKER PRISON F FARM ARMr Ark April 21 Two iP-Two Convicts were shot to death by trusty guards at Tucker prison farm today as they attempted to escape from the so called long line made up ot of the more desperate men They were Claude Roger Hard Hord 25 serving a 21 year sentence for tor a robbery rob rob- bery In Little Rock and F. F J. J New New- bert 42 serving two years for automobile automobile auto auto- mobile theft at al Fort Smith They were working in the long line at romp camp No I 1 dl digging gin drainage ditches when they mode the break brcak S Assigned os as guards over the long line convicts are crack riflemen riflemen- one to ever every three who convicts have orders to shoot to kill l if a 0 prisoner steps as much as two paces out ot of the line The names of oC the trusty guards who killed the pair were not given out