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Show Fog Shrouds Escapes Of 2 Utah Convicts Enlisting the s,ld of motorists In the Salt Lake and Utah county areas, a widespread search was I !J fit' James E. Newton . . . Sought as escapee from state prison farm. under way Friday for two convicts con-victs who took advantage of foggy weather during the night to make separate escapes from the Utah state prison farm at the Point of the Mountain. ' Sought as escapees are Louis C Renburg, 49, serving from one to 0 years for assault with intent in-tent to commit rape, and James E. Newton, 29, serving from one to 20 years for forgery. Renburg left the prison ' farm barracks between 11 and 11:43 p.m. Thursday night and was followed fol-lowed by Newton who was present at the 5 am. check Friday, but missing at 6 a.m. when cooks were called from the. barracks, according accord-ing to Jesse Walton, superintendent superintend-ent at the prison farm. Search Roads Following the ' first escape, prison officials searched the roads, enlisting the aid of police and state highway patrol, as far south aa Provo, while other peace officers offi-cers In the state were notified of the escapes. The search continued" Friday afternoon, aft-ernoon, with roads being checked by prison guards and state highway high-way patrolmen, who were halting trucks and automobiles, showing their drivers pictures of the mining min-ing men In the event they may try to hitch rides out of the state. Warden John E. Harris said he believed the escapes were planned separately and the two convicts had no plan of making a joint getaway. get-away. ' . ' Neither Associates ... This opinion was upheld by Mr. Walton, who reported the two men hadn't associated together during their stay at the honor camp, and were also of . entirely . different temperaments. - Neither Is dangerous, Mr. Walton Wal-ton said - r Both men were wearing overalls over-alls and slicker type raincoats at the time of the escape, Mr. Walton Wal-ton reported, adding there were no identifying marks on their clothing. cloth-ing. - Before the war Inmates at the farm wore regular prison uniforms, uni-forms, but these were not obtainable obtain-able during the war, so regular clothing had to be used, Mr. Walton Wal-ton said. Give Descriptions Newton, who was committed Jan. 1 15, 1945, from the Second district court Is described aa five feet six Inches tail, weighing 145 lbs., and having brown hair and . i -,,-,' Si - . . h i - -ii' Louis C. Renburg . . . Took advantage ad-vantage of fog In prison escape. hazel eyes. Renburg, sentenced March 14, 1944, in Third district court. 1 five feet eight Inches, weighing 149 lbs., with blond hair, blue eyes and a ruddy complexion. Both men were quartered in barracks bar-racks at the prison farm. Mr. Walton Wal-ton said, explaining that only bar to escape from the farm 1s the large fence surrounding the area. The camp Is staffed by "honor" prisoners who have "made good" at the prison, he explained, adding that "sometimes they just seem to take a notion to leave without any reason." Rewards of $25 are offered for information leading to their apprehension. appre-hension. Warden Harris announced. |
