Show PRISONER BREAKS JAIL BUT HIS LIBERTY IS BRIEF prank cooper 22 being held to answer to the district court on a charge cf forgery made his escape from the county jail sunday night after enjoying three days of liberty ha was picked up wednesday afternoon by fred N prefer near la sal and he Is again a guest in the bascue cooper had been placed in a cell sunday evening the cell door and the outside door being locked the next morning when deputy R D westwood arrived at the jail both doors were unlocked and the prisoner had made bis getaway get away just how he unlocked the doors remains somewhat of a mystery although cooper claims he made a key out of a spoon with which he unlocked both doors the prisoner had also tried to break out of the back of the jail by tearing a hole through the wall and had nearly succeeded in making an opening large enough to crawl through when he evidently decided it would be easier to unlock the doors sheriff miller started an intensive search for the prisoner monday morning but found no dews as to his whereabouts until wednesday when he heard that cooper had spent tuesday night at the joe wilson ranch in dry valley the sheriff phoned mr at la sal asking him to be on the lookout tor cooper and about two clock yesterday afternoon mr arrived in moab with the man cooper is again in the jail and additional padlocks have been placed on the doors cooper is being held on a charge of forgery it Is alleged that be forged a check in the sum of 17 which he cashed at the moab coop co op store he was arraigned before justice L christensen thursday afternoon waiving preliminary hearing and was bound over to the district court |