Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-01-02 | Page 1 | Detroit Police Take Escaped Utah Murderer

DETROIT TAKE ESCAPED UTAH MURDERER Nationwide Search Fails to Apprehend Utah Convict Convict Con Con- vict Sentenced for Killing Kill KiIl ing Man Near Provo Albanian Who Accepted Guilt for Murder Will Be Brought Back to Com Corn Complete Complete Sentence e DETROIT Jan 2 Peter Peter Milo Jilo alias aUas Joe arrested here ten days ago on a charge of robbery armed has admitted according to local ocal police that he Is an escaped lifer liter from Utah Local authorities quote him as admitting he lie w was s sentenced sen sen- tented to life lite Imprisonment follow ing a slaying In Utah about ten years rears ago He lIe escaped he said sald while employed on a 0 rod road ro d gang Warden James Tames Devine advised Detroit authorities Friday that a a. guard from the tho state prison will bo be bosen besent sen sent t to the city to claim Joe and return him here to finish a sentence of life Ufe imprison imprison- ment meat according to Warden Devine escaped from a prison road gang In Parleys Parley's canyon canyon during August August Au Au- gust 1922 1932 with Abdul Al All An were ere brought rought to trial in the Fourth judicial Judicial judicial Judi judi- cial district according accordine to tn Warden Varden Deviner r for the murder of ot an an ItalIan Italian Ital Ital- ian near noor Provo The tragedy ac according according at- at cording to the defendants' defendants claims culminated an argument over in international international international in- in affairs between their parent countries All Ali being a a. Turk and an Albanian TAKES BLAME Tried convicted and arid sentenced to life lIte imprisonment BaRtash Batash and andAll andI andAli I All Ali were committed to the state prison Several years later Bak Bak- I tash prepared a statement in which he assumed all aU blame for the slaying slaying slaying slay slay- ing exculpating AU AH of ot an any part inthe In Inthe Inthe the crime and asserting that AUwas Alt All was In fact tact at a considerable distance distance distance dis dis- tance when he drew a a. re revolver revolver revolver re- re volver and nd fired the he he fatal shot As a a. result the state boa board boad d of ot pardons released Alt All from prison bu out but l later ter he was l tried and convicted on a a. burglary charge and has served two years of an In Indeterminate in- in determinate prison sentence for that crime crim according to Warden Varden Devine GETS ON ROAD GANG through a clean prison record gained the confidence of prison authorities and In 1922 was wasI assigned to work on the prison road I gang While employed on the Parleys Parley's Parleys Parley's Par Par- Parleys Parley's leys ley's canyon canon highway he eluded the gu guards and made off through the the- hills Since his escape the nation has been circularized with dodgers and frequent reports have reached local prison officials as to the them m movements of Requests to police authorities of ot these various cities to arrest Bak Bak- tash have result duo due to his having left the vicinity before officers officers officers cers were apprised he was wag a 0 wanted man His arrest in il Detroit on a robbery charge and subsequent search Of f criminal records led to identifying him hiT as the Utah slayer