Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-08-21 | Page 10 | Aliens' Attempt to Escape Frustrated

uu ALIENS' ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FRUSTRATED' SALT LAKE, Aug. 21 An attempt to escape by enemy aliens confined in' the Third war prison camp at Fort' Douglas was frustrated by officers of tho guard company, when a tunnel , that had just been begun was discov-1 cred uudor a building in the compound. This is the first time since the ci-; vilian prisoners were transferred to a ; new section of the compound that any: tunneling has been done, and in this' instance the hole had hardly more than j been started beforo it was discovered by tho officers. So far as is known, only three of the prisoners were implicated in the work of digging tho tunnel. The officers, however, aro making a thorough investigation.