| Show Three Drop to Deaths From Same Scaffold at Same Moment In Joliet JOLIET Ills 81 July 15 Bl By The Associated Asso Press Three Three of or the Warden seven Beven men who slew Mew Deputy Peter Klein In a II break brenk from the state penitentiary ft a year car ago ngo were hanged In the heavily guarded Joliet Jollet Jail joU yard today On Ona On a triple-trapped triple gallows callows they were dropped to simultaneous deaths Robert Rebert Torrez nose last minute plea for a w ruI f failed Jl d Walter Stales Stales- ky icy whose r was that th he could not again see lIet se tea as wife and nd four lour chil ehll children dren and Charles Du z the touch guy SUY who softened at the last and sought the sanctuary of on Robert Rebert Toner Torrez Ton waiter and Charles Duchowski three of Illinois most desperate criminals were left ft of seven who slew Peter Klein deputy warden and escaped from the new state stale penitent penitentiary at proof break break proof near here on May 5 5 1926 They were recaptured only to par par- participate participate In two more daring attempts at attempts at- at attempts tempts to escape Torrez was ns a II Mexican and Duchowski Americans In the first break brenk James Price made good his bid for freedom and andIs andIs n nis Is still at large With the three time fi finally fI- fI I nally doomed to hang three others Bernardo Roa Rea and Greg Mexicans and Charles Charles Shader r. r Anre Amer Amer- American American ican scan and youngest of o the lot were lot were e recaptured quickly and sentenced to death The case of the six was pending before the state supreme supra court when on March l 12 last t the three Mexicans Mexicans cans sawed saw cd their way out of o their cells and shot their path to liberty Roa a gigantic man got go clear de despite de- de do- do spite lameness from some of 21 bul- bul bullet bullet let wounds Vol Inflicted In his lala recap recap- recapture recapture ture turo after his first escape cape e Rico RII o and Torrez the latter wounded were re retaken re- re retaken retaken taken on the outskirts of cf Chicago after they had hac shot had shot hot two policemen p a Special guards were assigned but four of the five remaining convicts con again tried for liberty a 1 month ago while their case was still pending before bi- bi fore the supreme court and Duchowski Jot got no further than the jail yard r where In a fight centering about the for their exe exe- execution execution execution cution they were were- recaptured Shader triple slayer at nt 21 21 escaped Rita Rizo was killed with a bullet fired by a 1 policeman from the theer very ery er gallows callows up up- upon upon upon on which he was to ha have been hanged Torres Torrez refused to to try for liberty In that break A few days ago the supreme court affirmed the convictions of the three survivors It Is not established that May 5 was as decided upon for the first prison break brcak for any other reason than that plans were matured on that date I But that nevertheless Is the Cinco de Mayo Ma o one of Mexico's most pop WP- popular ular military holidays holida s Likewise July 15 is another that stands out in Mex Mex- Mexico's Mexico's ico's history for upon July 15 15 1867 Benito Juarez J J carez re entered the capi capi- capital capital tal wI after the execution of Emperor Maximilian heralding the rise of the new republic For sheer audacity the original break from the State prison Is unparalleled in Illinois The seven sc convicts made their way to the of of- office of- of office office fice of Deputy Klein and beat bat and stabbed him to death A guard cap cap- captain captain captain tain slashed across the hand was forced to march at the head of the seven convicts for a quarter of a amile amile mile tulle across the prison enclosure and put lut the big gates ga s as If they were members of an outside working party Then tho captain was forced for d to tel telephone tel tel- telephone ephone for hIs Ills automobile and In it the convicts escaped taking the cap cap- captain captain tain bin along They The chained him to a tree and continued across county until their automobile skidded into a a ditch It was VoU nearly two hours be before be- be foro fore the slaying of Klein was dis dIs- discovered dIscovered dis- dis discovered covered and an alarm sounded Meanwhile the convicts con fled far committing new depredations to ob obtain ob- ob obtain obtain tain firearms and clothing Two were recaptured the same me night two t the next morning and later Inter Duchowski Shader a 0 few days got to Mexico but was lured back across acrO the international line lane and re re- arrested At the time of ot his first escape was eligible for parole All the others faced long prison terms for robbery or murder |
