Show 24 P PRISONERS R ISO N E R S FAllON FALL ON GUARDS GRAB CRAB WEAPONS AND GET AWAY Convicts Lock Loci Their Keepers In Cells Es- Es Escape Escape I Es-I cape In Autos ALL YOUNG MEN IEN I Fugitives Among Most Desperate Men In n Prison IONIA Mick 2 Aug Auff Ey By 28 ByThe The Associated Twenty Press Press Twenty four four convicts from the Michigan state reformatory hero were at large today many of ot them armed armedas as the result of ot a s sensational break In which they virtually took pos pos- possession pos pos- possession possession session of ot the Institution The plot which prison OffIcIal believe had been In process of Cor- Cor for formation mation matlon for tor several weeks culminated culminated early carly today In a well organ ortan- organized attack In which tho the escaped prisoners all housed In one of the Institutions Institution's dormitories fell tell on the guards there overpowering and disarmIng them They made their way Into a rotunda leading oft off from Crom the dormitory rushed the guard there and likewise overpowered them They then charged the nd- nd administration ad administration addItional ministration officers where addi addI- additional guards and officials were seized The prison authorities were taken back Into tho the cells formerly occupied occupied pied by the tho prisoners all and l locked there ALL YOUNG MEN About were ere confined at atthe the tho reformatory but the tho ing escaping prisoners made no rio attempt to release any other than those In theIr own dormitory Inmates ot of the are all young youn men ranging In Inage Inage age from 18 to 30 20 years and most of o them are first of offend offenders fend ers era Only two life lite prisoners were on confined fined at the prison A general alarm was sent out and posses were formed at nt half halt a dozen cities to as assist slat authorities In apprehendIng the me men residents The Tho alarm soon spread and real real- resi resl dents of ot the district were thrown Into a near panic when r reports ports that the armed desperadoes were at large were ere received FLEE LEF IN IX AUTOS About eight of ot the men tied fled from Crom the tho Institution in two auto auto- automobiles auto mobiles which the they seized The others were reported to have fled afoot Into the tho country everol everal hours after niter tho the escape reports were receIved 1 that some of ot the men were seen heading beading toward Lansing Posses losses were reported formed at half a a dozen towns to head oft off the convicts convict and serious trouble Is IsI I Cear feared d The 25 men who escaped I according to officials Include many or of the most desperate crimInals manyI I housed at the Institution An officer on duty at a II telephone booth In the tho prison office sounded I the alarm Officials were sum summoned and succeeded In preventing the escape of of of any ot of o the prIsoners i confined In the other dormitories |