Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-10
SECOND JAIL
DELIVERY BY
PAR0LEDMEN
Five Who Took Advan.
tage of Guard Sunday
Are Still at Liberty

Choking and beating into insens-
Utility c. c. Kirsch. day turnkey.
FIVE prisoners, all paroled convicts
effected their escape from the Rock
Island county Jail at $50 yester-
day morning
Those who made the break and
the crimes for which each was
held are:
EARL FRAZIER Burglary and
larceny. Bond. $1,000
liza HODGE Burglary and lar
ceny Bond. $1,000
EARL MORRISON by pa
role officer on suspect. No bond.
WILLIAM DANIELS. negro
Burglary end larceny. Bond, $1,000.
P. SALtNIA, alias PETER DE-
LANFY Burglary and larceny
Bond, $4,000.
&n the delivery. the second sue
cessful one to be pulled n the last
six weeks. Kirsch was rushed and
overpowered by Morrison, Daniels
and Delaney; when alone, he un-
locked the second and last CRATE
door leading into the bull pen" -
release Frank Adams, trusty who
daily cleans up" in the jail Of
flee
With the first CRATE door closed
at his back, Kirsch had little
chance to offer effective resistance
in the cramped. narrow confines Of
the vestibule cage. Rendered help
less in the grasp of Morrison and
Daniels. he was relieved Jf his gul
and keys by Delaney ana dragged
back to the cell in which Frazier
and Hodge were confined. Into
this he was thrown and locked up
after the latte had been released.
His injuries, though Painful, are
not serious. He was kicked Sc
verely about the body, while his
throat and face were discOiored- and
sweIIed as a result of the choking
which he received. He was takeI
to his home where he will be con-
fined for several days
Although shouting for assistance
when first attacked, kirsch was
choked into silence and his cries
went unheaTd. 1t was fully half
hour later that members of the
WigeTs family residing in the sher-
ifs quarters over the Jail heard
shoyts for help and summoned
SSSrin John G Miller and his dep
uties- With the arrival of the
sheriff, Kirsch was Immediately re-
leased but his condition proved
such that he was unable to talk
coherently Of events Jhat had
TRANSFERRED An account of what
had taken place was secured from
jail inmates and mediate search
for the fugitives begun.
Several keys of the bunch taken
from Kirsch we're fourd a short
rance. It is believed that the men
fed to the west portion of the city
and thence to the river. 1t is
thought that three of them stole a
rowboat and with a board as
paddle made their way down
stream Just above Buffalo. Iowa.
they are believed to have landed
and abandoned the craft. making
their way west on foot This the
ory is upheld by report that
three men. answering til" descrip
ton of Morrison. Frazier and
fSSdge, were seen padding down
the river in a skiff with board as
an oar A short time larer three
men; whose description tailed with
those seen in the boat. were seen
trampIing along the TailsCad track
near Buffalo. heading west: while
later another report was received
stating that the three had passed
through Montpelier. Iowa. about
ten miles below Buffalo. heading
for Muscatine.
The police Of Iuscatine
and Burlington were notified
and posses armed with rifles
and shotguns are Combing the sur
rounding country. A close watch ,
is also being kept on the river. Au- {
thorities in other surrounding !
cities within a wide area have
also been notified of the delivery /.
by Sheriff Miller and furnished
with clear. complete descriptions |
of the missing men.
After nearly an all night unsuc- /
cessful search, Sheriff Miller and /
Jesse Hanna and Charles |
Truxell returned to Rock Island |
early this morning.
Find Skiff.
On the tip that the three men be- |
Iieved to be escaped prisoners had |
been seen padding down the river |
in a rowboat the sheriff and his |
deputies, armed with riot guns. FOL
lowed on the Iowa side in a high !
uower automobile. Near Nahant, !
,ust below Suburban island. the de-
ge-te< skiff and the board used as
a agddIe were found abandoned on
<ne river shore.
Hurrying on to Buffalo the sher-
IFS posse was told that three men
answering the description of Fraz-
Ter, Hodge and Delaney had passed
that village on foot.
Trail Of the fugitives was lost at
Fairport, just below Buffalo, and 1t
was discovered later that the three
hnd purloined another row boat at
Fairport and made their way by
water to Montpelier. As they land
ed on a wing dam near that place
hey were accosted by a youth who
became suspicious OF their actions.
n