Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-11-21 | Page 9 | Reporter Prevents Jail Delivery

I I REPORTER PREVENTS JAIL DELIVERY COLUMBUS 0 O. Nov Nev 21 A A reporter for tor or a a. morning morning- paper In this city who had himself elt arrested on a 3 fictitious charge of being an expert pickpocket of f Cincinnati Cincin dada nati nat last nl night ht prevented the tho cs escape pe of five men from tho city prison One atthe of at the men in the escape T Plot lot Is Harry Bas Bas- kette wanted anted Jn tn St St. Louis for tor forgery forger lb Ho will be bo returned tomorrow The other four are local men arrested on minor char charges es S The Tho man acted for tor newspaper tho the warden war war- den of or tho the prison who ho had reason to believe bellove that a plot to escape was being made Sunday night two prisoners es escaped es- es cape ui after having tunneled through a inch 22 wall with a a. couple of or spoons and anda a a. few small pieces of or iron The Tho reporter In Ingratiated himself Into the tho good will of or tho the men and they showed him where two Iron bars had been sawed through with witha a a. piece of steel taken from li-em shoe The escape was as to have been made mado last night ht but the reporter communicated with the tho warden and it was prevented Just as the tho prisoners were ready ready- to make their final da dash duh h for for- ty S