Show GAS PREVENTS BREAK Escaping Quintet Is Routed FromA From A Tunnel With ith Tear Bombs Woman oman Believed ed to Be LANSING Kan Five Five convicts at the Kansas Kansas' State penitentiary the luncheon period this week who attempted a Il prison break at were routed from a heat tunnel by the use tear gas bombs Warden Ward Ward- Varden en Kir Kirk Prather took an active part in preventing the escape of the prisoners Prison officers said they had bee been aware of t the e plot plo and had been watching closely the men who took part The prisoners had dug through a four stone wall inthe in inI inthe I the basement below the kitchen and sawed through four iron bars blocking their passage to the heat beat tunnel They had used knives stolen stoJen from the hospital I C Continued on page four I 1 GAS PREVENTS PRISON BREAF Continued from page one As soon as the men were missed at luncheon guards led by Warden Ward Ward- en Prather went to the basement where they found the hole through which the men escaped After firing of tear gas guns and throwing throwIng throwing throw throw- ing of hand grenades the convicts came out of the passage without t any show of resistance Three of the convicts who attempted attempted attempted at at- tempted to escape were members member of the Betty Weaver gang convicted convicted convicted con con- of a bank robbery at Belle Bele Plains Kan A woman believed believe to be the wife of Hillary Two Gun Henderson one of the convicts convicts convicts con con- in the break was said b by officials to have been a possible accomplice in the attempt at free free- I dom |