The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-29
RELENTLESS IN SEARCH /.
FOR FRANK WOODWARD
SO Far. No Trace Has Been Found
of Federal Prisoner Who Es-
capped From Jail.
At WORK on NEW THEORY
Opinion Prevails Among Inyestiga-
tors That Woman. Claiming TO Be
Mother, md Man as Younger
Brother, Arc OF No Relation.

Nothing had been learned al la.sE
hour last uieht ~ to tho whereabouts h
, of Frank Woodward, tho Federal pris b
/ oncr who escaped from the Fcnricop
! County JAN on Wednesday, night, all
though the authorities have been re d
!entlcsslN searching for the fusitivnf
ever s'ucc h" made his rcmarka bio
getaway. Mrs CARTE Woodward. the
iuEit,es mother. and Willard hisb
/ brother. who were arrested by United
. states authorities. charged With aid !
, ing tho prisoner to ESCAPE firmly denys
that they furnished any assistance
officers Yesterday afternoon visited I
willard Woodward in his cell in the
county Jail, but IL Is understood that
! ii'tle was learned from tho interview.
rom IN" clothing he wore when ar
rested and from other clues which 4
hay" becn discovered. the police aref
inclined 10 believe that tho young man
I has served either in The navy or The
/ army, and an Investigation is nov br /
INK maj" To 50" whether he has an
! honorable discharge. several OF the{
"''1c"rs believe that III" Young man ,s !
! 40 relation whatever 10 tho escaped
/ prisoner. although circumstances indi-
eat" that the two men know each otlc~
ultimately. and arc probably Close
J friends. willard Woodward ciai,ns ia
F, nave como to Richmond from iSo7,un.
Mass. with his mother and brother
MHs. WOODWARD PROTESTS
1Iitf SHE - INNOCEN Tt
, Mrs p" o"d"ard, out on bail. stoLtIy
protests her innocence. aud is ull.,
nnnt that she and her SON were a.;
I ,"s,eu' She SAID that neither me ror j
/ willard new OF Franks rlari - es
/ cape, and. had they known ris nicu
! 'lon 10 break Jail. they could no, ms
J sibiy have been OF amy assistance ,ot
, MN Mrs Woodward substaatia,odi
w iIIards story in saving she AMI h.r
: - i.sl
( toh' Mass. Speaking Of her visit ,ot
I h'i son q the jail on the Ola bo.o->
~ c5cape' Mrs. Woodward stated thu /
'ht carried him only Il few sandwich.s
~. ""' 'o"t OF bread. as has been
St"'eu Shc said ~ would have bce,,
b impossible for her 10 have cour.al.
! " 50" oi any other instrument J., ,ba
/ sandwiches had She desired TO holm hor
/ sol freak Jail.
me opinion prevails with several oei
,no 'hN'H ts"tInt TN" escape OF Wool !
b val" th't ne rs IN no way related tot
/ INC woman claiming to he his molhn r
or WIN The man describing himself j, q \
/ " younger brother This theory i. be !
+ 'hS thorouEhlY investigated. and il isl
N''' 'hd' s"Netal facts tending to sub
Sldhudte ~ have already been lea fnetl
/ " hen the records OF the three person.l
are searched ~ the authorities inter-
| cS'ihG developments may follow il izf
/ thought u
| 'hiNN WOODWARD MAY
HAEI; HAD OUTSIDE HELpt
9cNcfa! discoveries which have been
/ made since Woodward's escape seem
| TO indicate thaf he had outside h-ln
/ me Investigators hardly believe that
woodward could have saved through
/ ihree sets of bars without awakening
. The other prisoners about him and
| neither do they believe that he could
/ have crawlcd over the bodies OF the
. TWO TRUSTEES" who slep in the corri-
: dor, without awakening them They
nave also discovered that some of tho
/ bars sawed to permit Woodward's es-
cape were sawed from the right hand
/ sac ana as the fugitivcs right hand
/ ~ of they do not think he accom-
/ pllshed the work alone. G O. Garner
ana {. ~ Barker, the "trustiesr who
sleep IN the Jail corridor. declared theyp
! did not know Of Woodward's escapeR
| until awakened and told by Tailor Gar
| nett mat the man was gone. OthcrH
prisoners also denied any knowledge of
| the affair. H
The Ienrico County Jail Is regarded
as one of the strongest prisoners IN II
the state. and although several ~ b
tcmpts have been made by prisoner p IN
different tim TO break GU: OF its cells, II
| Woodward is the first man to accom-
plish the feat
Officers all over the State and in the /
| larger cities of the country have been
advised 10 keep on tho lookout for |
| Woodward. ana it is thought that his
capture will he only matter OF a few
! days.
| Sheriff l.. II. Kemp has already Of /
! fercd a reward Of 500 for the CAPTURE
and return OF tho prisoner, and II is |
probable that another reward will he
offered by The Federal authorities
| The work OF replacing the bars in
| the iail sawed ny the fugitive isl
! about complete