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Show MILLIONAIRE DODGE LEAVES JAIL SECRETLY I I A A A A J A A - . AUTO MAKER'S I HEIR TO FACE MORECHAROES Hurries Away So Swiftly He Forgets His Silver Corkscrew WRITES FOR PAPER Article in Prison Publica- tion Says He Had Wrong Idea of Jail DETROIT, Mich March 20. John! , D Dmlge, possc-sor of a fortune of $1,600,000 left the house of correc-, I 1 tion this morning with S$ In his pocket having completed a five day prison sentence for automobile speeding His release came at S -.'clock and was carried out with the greaies.i secrecy, sec-recy, at the lesuo.st of the prisoner Dodge was taken to the rear of the house of correction, allowed to sl'p unobserved through a back door and was whisked away in a prison automobile automo-bile to th.. home of his father-in-law. M H. O'Connor in this city l -a MM s ( LMER S Given his freedom much earlier than the time set. Dodge escaped a battery of newspaper cameraman gathered in front of the Jail. When I odge entered The prison last Thursday he had $108 In his posses, slon. He paid $100 of this as a fine In addition to the jail sentence. Lodge left so hurriedly this morning he forgot to lake with him a sterling! silver cork screw that was among his possessions when he entered th I prison. The- corkscrew will be mailed to Dodge prison authorities said. Although his punishment for violating violat-ing the city speed limit Is ended with the exception of loss of his automobile Irivcr's license for a year. Lodge is not vet "out of the woods." FAt Ps Worm K CHARGE At nine o'clock tomorrow morning he musl appear in court at Kalamazoo ami face a charge of reckless driving, driv-ing, following midnight automobile ride recently during which Miss Fm-mallne Fm-mallne ICwakernaak, "Western State Normal student. Jumped from Dodge's car while It was traveling at a hlch rate of speed, and sustained serious injuries. 1 Then there Is an additional charge of violating the prohibition laws Dodge put in several hours yesterday yester-day writing an article for the Detroit House of Correction newspaper "Prog-! ress." published by the prlsonqrs. 1 o.lKe's article follows In part" WRITES ABOUT PRISONERS "YdUX conception and my conception concep-tion of prison life have been dsddsdlj erroneous We were of the opinion that prison officials were cruel, burly bruisers with no humanitarian motives. "We thought inmates of prison were, on the whole, coarse illiterate ruffians, beaten and cowed until there was no manhood left fn them. "We were wrong. "During my enforced stay I have been greatlv Impressed by one thing, that prison officials ar extremely humane hu-mane and that inmates are decidedly human." |