The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-23
OvERPOWERS GUARD AND
LOCKS HIM IN CELL
Was Arrested Early in July By Of
fcers From 18th Precinct Who
Charged Him With Fourteen Rob
beries-Chief Shippy Said at Time
He Was Worst Crook in Chicago.
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South Chicago. Sept 23.-stanley
Wasolek who was arrested by the
police of the Fifteenth precinct about
three months ago, charged with rob
berry, escaped from the Cook county
jail yesterday and is thought by the
police to be in the vicinity Of South
Chicago. With him in the thrilling
leap for liberty was William Rogers,
an equally notorious character. The
escape was made by overpowering a
guard in the Jail, locking him in a cell
and saving the bars on the windows
and then dropping to liberty, fully If
teen feet
The escape was noticed by people
passing along the street and the sheriff
and his assistants were notified. other
prisoners were about to join the two
men when they were. apprehended by
the guards. The fact that Frank j.
Constantine. who was convicted Of
murder a and sentenced to life inn
prisonment. occupied the cell up to
within a few hours Of the release, has
| led the authorities to believe that the
delivery was planned by friends of the
italian.
FugitIves are Both Thieves.
The men who escaped and are still
at large are:
WILLIAM ROGERS, alias William
MulvihiIi, aims jerry O'COnner, rs years
old, 3 feet II inches, committed July
IL by Judge Petit for larceny.
STANLEY WAS0BEK, 20 years old,
feet IA inches taEis committed July
10 by Judge Girten for robbery.
M
Chicago police on July and at that
time was charged with fourteen differ
ent cases of robbery. He was regard
ed as one Of the coolest and most dan
gerous crooks known to the police and
after questioning the man Chief Shippy
stated that he was one of the worst
criminals in Chicagol
Escape Early In Afternoon.
The execution of the Jail delivery
plot began shortly before o'clock in
the afternoon. Guard Bloomberg was
stationed on the outside of the fourth
tier Of cells just after half the prison
ers had gone to services.
Fifteen prisoners were left in the
bull pen One of them, said to be
Rogers, approached Bloomberg and
said:
Say, old man, we want to play
cards Come in and unlock Kelly's
cell He's got a pack of cards"
Guard Is Overpowered.
Bloomberg yielded to the lure. He
unlocked the outer door OF the cage
and relocked it. Then he walked tC
the extreme rear of the tier to cell 427
the cell occupied by William Kelly
convicted of murder The cell doc,
he unlocked. AS he did so Rogers ant
Wasolek grappled with him. While
one choked him. the other took ava!
his keys Then they thrust him int
Keny's cell Kelly and a "trusty'
known as "Scotty" followed him int,
the cell.
The assai1ant prisoners slammed TIL
door behind the trio and locked It,
Kelly warned Bloomberg to keel
quiet. He made a motion as if to draw
knife and said
IF you say a word I'll kill you"
Meanwhile Rogers and WasoIek, fol
lowed by Thompson, escaped from tn
bull pen, ran seventy five feet to tn
Illinois street windows. leaped over al
aeraway Atty feet deep and five fee
wide and began saving the bars. n
other guard was in sight
saw Bars and Escape.
For fifty minutes the prisoners save
at the steel bars. and when two of then
: were quarters cut they brok
! them of by main force.
Then they drew themselves througl
2 the aperture, Wasolek going first.