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Show UNGRATEFUL SLAYER f.; MAKES HIS ESCAPE PASO. Tex., Oct. 18. Harry L jHughes. 20, sentenced to pay the death penalty for killing C II. Rogors. who fed Hughes when he was hungry, es-leaped es-leaped from jail at Alpine. Tex.. Mon-I Mon-I day night, according to word received here. H At his trial Hughes pleaded self-defense. self-defense. Evidence at the trial showed 'that Hughes and Rogers on their way j to California, got off u freight train at Alpine, Texas. Hughes asked Rogers to buy him something to eat. The men went to a restaurant together and I Rogers paid for the meal, getting change from a $20 bill. When a train pulled out of Alpine a few hours later. H Rogers was shot In the back as he H I went to board It. Robbery was said to have been the motive. Hughes' home is in Detroit, Mich 'Rogers widow lives In Philadelphia. j1" |