| Show TWO PRISONERS ESCAPE A Baker and a Cook Bid the Pen Good Morning Early this morning Hank Wheeler and Fred Smith who have for some time past enjoyed the distinction of being trusties at the Pen bade adieu to their old home and at last accounts were still at large The men are employed in the kitchen and bake shop and are let out into the yard at about 5 oclock each morning to prepare the prison breakfast There are two guards stationed in the yard and as only a few of the trustiea are let out at that time it is not generally considered a good chance for escape However in some way that cannot be explained ex-plained the couple managed to slip past the guard and have not been seen since Word was telephoned to Marshal Dyer and he soon had half a dozen deputies out after the men It is rumored this afternoon that the officers were on the track of the prisoners and if this is the case tonight will doubtless see them back in the Pen Both men were serving terms for grand larceny Wheeler was sentenced in Ogden two years ago and his term would have been up shortly Smiths term would have ended in October or November of the present year Marshal Dyer will offer a reward of 100 for the pair I 17 |
