Show attempted escape from jail is frustrated 0 an attempt to escape from the county jal was finally defeated on monday night for three inmates who were under arrest for a robbery commit committed ed recently at the norman trading post at mexican hat harold lafferty and jacqueline manning were wanted for the robbery and a mexican by the name of colardi bolard for a check forgery all were under 20 years of age they were evidently given tools by friends with which they pried apart the window bars on sunday night to gain their freedom an attempt to steal the car of a monticello resident failed so they went to the home ef cf prudencio gonzalez i which they found closed as the family foamily was waa away at a verdure ranch they remained under cover here until monday night in the meanwhile mr gonzalez was sent word and came to town to invests gate I 1 he notified the sheriff and the j house was soon surrounded while an effort was made to break in when the occupants refused to open the doors the three prisoners were soon recaptured and returned to the county jail where the mexican is held the two others being sent to moab I 1 I 1 note an in interesting resting account of the theft at t the lee trading pot is given below written by mrs minnie G bugg our blanding correspondent spon dent harold wesley laff lafferty erty and jacqueline manning were apprehended tuesday morning july 29 by san juan county deputy sheriff charles sipe on johnson creek some 16 miles from blanding on blue mountain their whereabouts became known when a miner by the name of chandler who was camping near tija tha fu fugitives iriv s camp up an acquaintance with the strangers upon visiting their camp he fount foun I 1 thim in ill possession of too many knives mirrors flashlights e c for the ordinary camper and own continued on page 5 attempted 0 continued from page 1 ing a valuable saxophone fear arose in his heart for its safety he feared the thieves if indeed they were such would raid his camp some day while he was out prospecting and h s beloved sax would wul aul i be missing whereupon he decided to bring it into bluff and leave it with a friend for safe keeping arriving in bluff he heard that the store at mexican hat had been robbed then he remembered the dozens of canned food that his neighbors had on hand also an old orange pickers bag hanging on the wall which was filled with what one would suspect as groceries he reported ted this to his friend in bluff mr chandler then returned to camp and his friend came to blanding continued on page eight ATTEMPTED ESCAPE 1 0 continued from page 5 and reported eted to the sheriff early tuesday morning the sheriff in company with a representative for mr and mr chandler went to call on the strangers they arrived about am and found thern them still in bed they answered mr chandlers chandless Chand lers call and invited the visitors in after talking a few minutes the marshal told them they were under arrest searching them he found them in possession of stolen gausline gas credit cards that the car they hal ha 3 a 1934 ford coupe was licensed in the name of richard E hodge of escondido condido Es calif that Laffer laffertys tys address was 2209 pacific avenue bakersfield calif and the manning girls was 2718 newell st los angeles the marshal brot them to town and called the bakersfield ers field authorities finding that lafferty was wanted there or on at least two counts ii |