Show 3 PRISON BREAK I IS 19 ECHOED I It IN j t CASE 1 Convict Who Escaped From I I u State Pr Prison son Goes on Trial on Charge of Ass Assaulting r G Guard ard During Delivery Charged with assaulting a prison guard Stanley burglar went vent on trial before Judge L. L B. B BI Night Wight In the district court today The charges ar are arc a result of the prison break September 14 1921 In which Oscar Blaney and Ed Harris robbers escaped from prison following an ex exchange exchange ex- ex change hange of pistol shots between prison i guards Blaney Harris and Frank Jfrank Smith and James Miller Miler both j robbers I If I f Smith and Miller are jointly charged with Shad low with assaulting I a a. prison gu guard rd They were in court today but asked for separate trials and nd the state stat through Deputy District District District Dis Dis- I Attorney Ross Hutchinson elected to try first Themon The Themen Themen men mon being aro-being are b ing defended by Attorney Earl M. M Wilson I When n nJ J v She he M Jury was being Impaneled t today day asked permission asked permission I of the court court to to ask the questions before before they were accepted for for tor service He Ho asked sk d each Juror whether he had re read d newspaper newspaper accounts accounts accounts ac ac- counts of the prison prison- break that had prejudiced him Of Ot the five men who who participated In the prison break only Harris Is still at liberty It was thought on the morning of ot the break that all all ll five lad climbed the prison wall followIng followIng following follow follow- ing the exchange of pistol shots with the guards but two days later Shad- Shad low Smith and Miller were fo nd in one of the prison buildings Blaney was later arrested at N N. M. M and returned to prison v Although Miller lire are re fighting the charges which have been made against them Blaney has has announced that he will plead guilty He was recently arraigned In the city court on on charges of assaulting a aprison aprison aprison prison guard and escaping from prison and pleaded guilty to both At that time he announced that he would plead guilty to both charges In Inthe Inthe Inthe the district court but he has not yet yete peen been e n arraigned |