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Show SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1958 Utah County, Utah 8 DAY HERALD 7-Year-- Wild Utah County Escape Episode Ends With Three Jailed Fall on Timp Cave Trail Convict Reed pfuted After Kidnapping Officers, Cobble ficers Grant Christensen, Dick Myriip, Dave Downing and Max Littlefield, after a tourist couple tipped police jthat a man in North Park restroom' "was acting' very strange." The couple noted his resemblance to news pictures of an escaped convict, McCloud, for whom a statewide dragnet was out Friday afternoon. Melodrama A melodramatic sequence of events rivaling a TV drama began Friday afternoon with Fourth District Court hearing for McCloud, an inmate of Utah State Prison, on charge of grand larceny of a car. The hearing had previously been postponed when earlier this month, McCloud's wife handed him an inhaler during court ses- By JOAN GEYER convict William Escaped Mc- Cloud, 30, who Friday captured at gun's point two Utah County sheriff's deputies and later naped a cab driver, was custody Saturday at 7:30 courtesy of a Denver, couple and Provo tPolice ment. ,' The break for freedom "' kid- back in a. m. tourist Depart- J was ap- d parently part of a carefully-planne- someincluded which plot one, as yet unknown, smuggling him a gun during a trip to Provo for a court hearing and a faked bandage on his arm so he could not be handcuffed. The ruse worked and he was not manacled, but after his capture he was returned to the state prison in "full restraint" including handcuffs and leg ironsi sions May 9. Nabbed by Police . , . The sheriff's office halted hearing to have the inhaler contents analyzed to learn if they were ' narcotic, Friday, McCloud, brought to Provo by Utah County deputies, entered a routine plea of innocence to larceny charges, ' and was being brought back to prison his wife Rita LaJuana Hutctilngs McCloud, and old son, were their three-mont- h picked Up by Provo police at a telephone booth in North Park. McCloud was armed but did not with McCloud, resist arrest. The baby was given into care of Mrs. McCloud's mother, and by Deputies Newell Knight and both McCloud and his wife were assistant Dicki Hall, when Mcin custody at Uta'h County jail Cloud suddenly pulled a gun. Deputies think the gun may have Saturday. Of been Provo made smuggled to McCloud at Arrest was by . court where the defendant's i ed on his captives, ordered them ..') friends and relatives were presH tojget out. I Then while Hood held a gun on ent. Just opposite No. One Gate at the officers, McCloud traded his Geneva on the lower Geneva convict garb for Deputy Knight's Road, the prisoner suddenly pull- uniform, tied them up with bailed a gun and ordered Deputy ing wire, and drove off. Officers saw them joined a Knight to drive east on Fourth short to distance away by the other North Orem. car. Mrs. McCloud, xwith the The deputy's gun wa.s in the locked glove compartment. Dep- baby, got into the, police car, and uty Knight promptly threw, the the sister drove back to Mcignition key ring (containing the Cloud's father's home in southglove compartment key) out the east Provo. The deputies noted the time at car window. (The car was of a 3:45 runs with which p. m. They struggled free, type ignition key two blocks to the nearest ran and out.) "You s.o.b., I ought to kill house to give the alarm. you," said McCloud pulling the Sister Claims Innocence hammer, back on his gun. Officers located the sister, who The convict did this several times, to let the deputies know claimed she was an unwitting he would not hesitate to kill them. accomplice of the escape, and that she knew nothing of what Joined by Hood was planned. She was not taken zxr. Af tha Will Tnr. r'r.i Will- lllb into custody. pany, Orem, the gunman directed The sheriff's car was later the driver to stop, and Mc- found abandoned in the railroad Cloud's nephew, Chester Lonzo yards south of Provo. Railroad Hood, 19, Santaquin, on probation workers told officers they saw after pleading guilty to forgery, the police car drive up and the got in. occupants get into a dark car They were followed in another which drew up behind it. car by Mrs. McCloud, the baby, The deputy's L38 was still in and McCloud's. sister. the locked glove compartment, The strange procession headed and the shotgun in its rack. south through Provo to Springville Either the escapee was unable and east into the foothill area at to locate the secret spring which 1400 East releases it, or did not want it. trainstill Hood was arrested in southeast There, McCloud, gun i . 7lT-- & U J' K v, :i black and yellow cab. Although Mr. Dean has a wooden leg, he managed to clinfb to the top of the oak, after breaking off branches; pulled the cuffs over the top of the tree, and climbed back down. He walked down Hobble Creek Canyon to a Springville home, I j and called police about 6:40 a.1 m. 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Dixon reported the House Appropriations Committee has tentatively approved a $1,746,-00- 0 allotment for construction at Hill Air Force Base. Construction would include a barracks, dining hall, wash rack, and a communications and electrical shop. Admission Prices JL. "Walk the only ticket , Hill Air Base Funds Approved Regular town turned against him! FM1I111V i .1 jyj St Cops" "Purple Mask SEASON MONDAY NIGHT ONLY! The American Dairy Association Will Hold Utah County PRINCESS CONTEST - PUBLIC INVITED There Will Not Be a Show JOHN wuAyut Proud Land" 5; - M-G-- V Abbott and tello "Meet "Gypsy Colt' Brothers with Guns llh A arrest. 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It v as one of two poetry fellowships awarded for the , 1938-5- 9 academic year. GtNE DAILY 1:15 FEATURES AT T"v- - University's creative writing center has awarded a $2,500 fel- - - - TICKET NOW! To OPEN V'T- d SEASON PLAYING! MAMIE mm Stan-for- CHILDREN'S GG YOUNG i STANFORD, Calif. (UPD IIMWi mm) - iVACATi .; .: Utah Pfct Receives1 $2,500 fellowship Four television sets and five radios valued at $705 were stolen Friday from the Eureka Appliance Center in Salt Lake City. Police believed " burglars- entered through the front door. r Bcppcns GET YOUR head, j Everytfiing ONE GUESS WHO ENDS UP TEACHING WHO.. WHAT! ? stole his wallet which contained $135, and drove off in the stolen with Jafternoon Saturday injuries. ' Mr. Olsen to a, small oak jtree; - Texas girl was seriously injured Saturday when she fell whiie hiking with' her jjareots on the Timpanogog Cave trail and rolled some dis tance down the mountain. She was Donna Carol Thompson, daughter of Keitii and Betty Thomason of Bishop, Tex. The child was rushed by am bulance to the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City where she was pronounced in "fair" conditio d seven-year-ol- f NOW : A There the convict handcuffed Provo late Friday afternoon. He refused to talk. HoodV had been charged with forgery Jan. 7, 1957, following a burglary! of Good's Auto Wreckage in south Spanish Fork and theft of a check protector and 100- blanks. The scene then shifted to a cab driver, bean Olsen, 43, notified by radio to pick up a fare at . Par1-The time was Springville a. 3:30 m. Saturday Pulls Gun on Driver The cabbie picked up McCloud, his wife and baby, and was ordered fcb drive to Lehi, where McCloud was supposedly looking for his family, then back to a Springville motel. In Provo, McCloud pulled a gun on the cab driver, and ordered him to drive to Springville, up into the foothills. Girl Hurt In 0ld it A circus of FUN! presents . . 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