Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-06 | Page 3 | Confession Tells of Plot in Jail

CONFESSION TELLS OF PLOT M IN JAIL Jt Money for Big ig Break in I County Prison Furnished by Bank B Bandit I LOS A ANGELES GELS Nov 6 G.-A G. A shedding an illuminating light on plot to escape from the county Ja Jail participated in by a n number of ot the most I dangerous criminals over arrested In j Los An Angeles was In possession of ot the I j authorities 8 toda today I Mrs t Anna Tand kl rowell-Dennett rowell recently released from froni the county Jail Jall Jallon I on a pardon front from Ire President j where she Bhe was serving a a. sentence for tor being implicated In the tho railroad pass i frauds Is the on ona who Is said to have havo cone confessed sed The stor story told b by Mra Mrs Bennett Hennett re revealed re- re I veale a n startling plot on Oft the part of I T. T w w. Powell ringleader in the tho railroad pass frauds fraud to escape from prison I lI 11 IM I Involved with Powell were Lewis B. B Harris Arthur and Bert Brown banK robbers Sin men anti and d a number of other other des des- to this reported confession conCession I It was Mrs 1 Bennett Dennett who smuggled a a i blowtorch a R hacksaw and other Jail Jail- jallI I I breaking tools into the Jail to assist the man who posed as her husband to escape Lewis Harris tho the Artesla Artesia bank rob I ber now serving a long sentence in i San Quentin is said to have been tho one to have conceived the plan of ot escape es- es i cape 1 t GIVES GIVUS inn n IO I 1 He lie gave Mrs Bra Bennett Dennett who was Taa then I chase known the 1 as n. n tool Sirs Mrs Irs Powell hn WR money i to out nut purchase pur- pur ot of jail pending the h hearing of t her c case s f in the federal courts Everything was ready for the planned jailbreak when suddenly Jailer George Gallagher caused a search of ot the prisoners' prisoners cells The blowtorch and where nh r raf hacksaws af they h had d were come g e t from discovered S o remained ne neui but ui a I mystery until today Mrs Irs Bennett told also It is said that Powell had tried to get her to vamp I certain officials who might aid him in his fight for freedom I