Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-09-27 | Page 1 | Wild Flight of Escaped Prisoner

VILD FLIGHT OF ESCAPED PRISONER Promoter Lyman, Charged With Fraud, Headed for the Mountains. WAS FEDERAL PRISONER IN OAKLAND HOSPITAL Escaped . With Connivance of Nurse,, Who Assis'ts Him in Flight AH rANCXBOO, Best. 27. Dr. J. Grant Lyman, promoter and or (an liar of enterprises Involving millions, la beaded serosa the foothills for the &is-klvoo &is-klvoo noon tains today with a federal posse la pursuit ' With Lymao ULl Thorn ett, a hoawltal nnrae who aided the promoter la sscaping from an Oakland Oak-land hospital where he was held by the federal authorities, Sunday night. Lawrence Law-rence Oallndo, the thaof fear who drove the two men to Sacramento, after the escape, baa been arrested and baa con-f con-f eased. Lyman was arrested by postoffiee officials of-ficials In San Francisco on September 8 on complaint of Los Angeles Investors in a Panama 'land scheme, who declared de-clared they had been defrauded of 50,-HOO. 50,-HOO. The promoter attempted to eer ape arrest and injure) hia hnM. AMMitit ing hia detention at an Oakland hospital, hos-pital, pending hia recovery. It waa learned that Lyesaa was known to exclusive social circle in several American cities, that he had promoted various land, mining and development rhemea and that on two other oceaaiona he had been ia trouble with the federal officials. . " Well Laid Plot. , . The escape from the hospital involved the drugging of a norms, C. W. Court-wright, Court-wright, and a plot by which Thoruett. a previous acquaintance of Lyman, waa employed aa a nnrae in the hospital, according ac-cording to tbe federal officials. The promoter, who on account of hia genial good nature, waa allowed unusual privileges at the hoanitai, aaked the nurses ia charge, at 10:30 o'clock Hun-da Hun-da v morning, to be allowed to go to the bathroom. A. half hoar later, when the rmtlent did not : return, the nurses investigated and found that Lymaa had disappeared, an open window revealing the method of bis escape.' United 8 tales Marshal F.lliott immediately wss notified snd the police called into sid in the search, which may sad today in an encounter between Lyman and Thomett, who are known to be armed, snd the' posse eonsistine of United Htstes deputv marshals, Shasta county deputy sheriffs snd state police. Esoaped on Crutch es. Lvmsn st the time of his escape used crutches. Whether the seriousness of bis injury wss exaggerated to aid in his intended flight haa not been deter-, mined. But he is of portly build snd ia ill health and, accustomed to luxurious living aa he is. faces a desperate adventure ad-venture ia seeking safety in the inhos- pitable canyons of the Hiskivnue. Galindo, who lives in Oakland, ia a Tenth of good reputation and it is believed be-lieved tbst he did not know that he wss siding in a flight from justice in taking Lvmsa snd Thornett to Hacra-mento. Hacra-mento. The federal authorities ara still withholding part of OaJindo's story, but it is known thst two machines were used in the journey to Sacramento, one of which was obtained at Maryeville. Two women are known to have bees with the fugitives at the time of the escape, but the federal official have fsiled to learn their identity. The Bedding pneee Is beaded bv Sheriff Sher-iff Montgomery of Hhaate county. Paul Arnerieh. deputy United Btatea marshal mar-shal of San Francisco, left early today to join in ths pursuit.