The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-20
WAS HEADED FOR MARION
Cold Weather Drove Him
From Cover.
Edward Driscoll, the Other Trusty
Who Scaled the Big Prison Walls
Has Not Been Caught-Ticlxct
Agent at Radnor Gives the Clue TO
Potter's Whereabouts.

| ittiut' JOlu IOlttIs VINO WIN DuWarO
Driscoll escaped from the peniten.
tiary early Sunday morning, was cap
turcd yesterday afternoon at $3.50
along the Hooking Valley Railroad
track, a mile and half south OF
Prospect a village 40 miles north OF
| Columbus
The capture was made by Detect
| i've +. j. Vining of Delaware. Vining
found Potter beside q bonfire, which
had been built by section men work.
ing on the c. ID. & M. interurban
line which runs parallel to the Hook
ing Valley at that point.
Potter insisted that Vining had the
wrong man. Ten minutes later,
when one of the searching party of
which Deputy Warden Charles H..
Resch was member came up to
the fugitive and said Hello, Potter"
the prisoner exclaimed, MY name
amt Potter. It's Cane"
AS Deputy Resch stepped before
him he threw up his hands and said,
MY God. there's Deputy Warden
Resch. The jig's up. My name is
and I deserve nothing but punish
llltHl LOT Whit ulu.
Goes Back to q Cell.
Potter was returned to the peni-
tentiary at o'clock last night. He
was reduced to the ranks and last
night for the first time in many
months the former trusty was locked
in cell. He probably will be put
to work in one of the bolt shops.
AS result of Potter's escapade
he will lose $50 days time, which he
had earned by good behavior. Had
he not escaped he would have been
released next February.
Warden Jones said last night: "If
Potter will give information which
will lead to the capture of Driscoll.
II is possible that part of .he time
which he forfeited by his escape.
will be credited to him"
Yesterday morning at 1915 a tip
was telephoned to the penitentiary
that man answering to the descrlp-
ton of Potter had been seen in the
vicinity of r-a" 49, q village eigi/
miles north OF Delaware. Deputy
Warden Resch, in company with VIII
liam Conner Warden Jones secre-
tary, and two other Columbus men,
car to Delaware. There they were
Joined by Detective Vining. An au-
tomobile was rented and dash was
made over the country. roads to-
ward Radnor.
Ticket Agent Gives Clew.
Jay Roberts Hooking Valley tick
ct agent at Radnor said man
dressed in a macintosh, wearing
brown slouch hat and wornout over
als, walked into the station the
night before and purchased a ticket
for Marion. Roberts picked up a
newspaper and Potter saw his own
picture on the front page. He hur-
rledly asked: "Where can gel
something to eat? I'm starving
Roberts directed him to a. restaur-
ant across the street, The north
bound passenger rolled into Rad
nor and the ticket agent noticed that
the strange man did not get on. He
took aother look at the picture and
then sounded the alarm. William
Jones, a farmer near Radnor, gave a
later clew which proved fruitful.
Potter, according 10 his own story,
bad been in hiding in "A thick woods
SOutn OF prospect, OUT lhu pSNohi'
so cold that he yielded to the inviting
appearance of n bonfire. 1t was
there that Detective Vining captured
him. The fugitive was thinly clad
lie wore thin cotton shirt, worn
out overalls and dilapidated mack
intosh, which he purchased of an
italian with whom he and Driscoll
slept Sunday nightS near Delaware.
Ills shoes were worn through the
soles. He had had nothing to eat
since Sunday morning.
Blamcs Brother Fugitive.
To Deputy Resch, Potter told the
story of the escape. "Dris-
coll was responsible for the whole
business. He hooked the ladders and
turned out the lights. Our ladders
didn't quite reach the top of the wall,
so /, because | was taller, reached
up to the wall and pulled myself
up and Driscoll after me. He
went down the rope first, but as
went down he bumped into me and
| fell My right ankle was badly
sprained,
1--WE walked to High street and
north to WOrthington. We walked
west to LinwOrth (formerly called
Elmwood) and near the Hooking
Valley station we were staked to