Salt Lake Telegram | 1907-06-15 | Page 2 | He Escaped from Dread Devil's Island

HE ESCAPED FROM DREAD DEVILS DEVIL'S ISLAND CHICAGO June 15 The 15 The Inter Ocean today says Eddie Guerin the International burglar and safe cracker and the only man to accomplish the feat of escaping alive from the French penal prison Devils Devil's Island wh where whre re Dreyfus was at one time a prisoner is walking the streets of London London Landon Lon Lan don a free maw man according to news re received received received re- re In Chicago last night Guerin who came to Chicago after his escape from Devils Devil's Island went from here to London where he was recaptured The case has been a thorn In the side of English Justice Guerin's last release came following the decision that the man who perpetrated one of the boldest crimes that ever set French capital talking is a British subject sub sub- and andon on on that account cannot be given up to the French authorities Edward Gu Guerin Is catalogued in Inspector In Inspector Inspector In- In Byrnes Byrne's as a notorious Western Vestern criminal In iDOl 1301 he was coni convicted convicted con con- i Jn In n cf Paris of 80 the ed American ri cr Express s company n o of and of a- a pre previous robbery of from the flank Bank of Lyons The court gave the extreme penalty of Imprisonment of life on Dey- Dey ll's ils I Island land