Show MERRY XMAS IS OPEN SESAME OF OF- JAIL JAILBREAK BREAK F Four ou Desperadoes Shoot Guard and Escape at Toledo TOLEDO 0 O. Dec 26 Four Four men all said By police to be desperate and nd notorious no no- who were liberated berated from the the Lucas Luc county j jail il In a Christmas Christmas- da day jell Jail delivery dell are still at large Two men believed to have assisted d in the delivery arc are under ar ar- ar rest Leo Noonan deputy sheriff shot by byone byone byone one of the six men who engineered the delivery is In a serious condition Deputy Dep Dep- Deputy uty Sheriffs Basso and Kelly were locked in cells by by th six Jail jail raiders and Sheriff Sherif John Mathias Mathias attracted by the V shot which wounded wounded Noonan was thrown into the Jail dungeon when he made his appearance at the jail clad cladIn cladin cladin in a a. bathrobe SHERIFFS SHERIFF'S LIFE SAVED Mathias owes his life to the intervention intervention inter inter- of one of the liberated prison prison- I ers era a member of the gang of jail raiders raiders raid raid- ers insisting on rocking him off The The four men liberated are D D. EWest E. E West alias Edward Meehan Albert Leach Leo Mitchell and Frank How How- ard All AU have long criminal records the police sa say and from three to a dozen aliases Vest West was under conviction con for manslaughter Leach was charged with robbery Mitchell was charged with carrying concealed weapons ons and Howard with shooting with Intent to kill METHOD SIMPLE I The jail delivery one of ot the most daring ever pulled was staged with a simplicity and ease that startled of of- One of the band of six came to the jail office door and after wishing three deputies in the office Merry Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- Christmas i I mas asked to be admitted When the door was opened the deputies found themselves looking Into the muzzle of Noonan attempted to pull I his gun and was shot through the breast The shot was the signal for forthe forthe forthe the appearance of or five more m men n who quickly threw the two unwounded d deputies s into cells They then proceeded proceed proceed- ed on a systematic search of the Ule jail jall to secure the four men they the wanted to set free When Sheriff M appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap be he was quickly overpowered by two lookouts V II |