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Show ESCAPED PRISONER SOME MARATHON ER (By International New Service.) ATLANTA, Ga Robert Morgan, a Inegio convict, should have entered I the Olympic games, so County Warden War-den Charlie Collier Informed Judg-i ; Calhoun when Morgan was arraigned lor escaping from the county convict camp. The warden's suggest jou was based on his statement!! thai the uonvict outran him and a posse of officers for a distance of 26 miles. "That ncgio is I he fastest runner I I ever saw if he had entered the Olympic games he would have been an ras;. winner.' remarked Waiden Collier to the court. Asked by the judge what caused him lo escape. Morgan replied: "The guard had lo lay down his i gun lor a ihomett, and I thought it I was my chance. ' Jle was given an additional six months for his break He already was serving a term ol eichlocn months. |