Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-16
'jA||L| BREAKER, .WH'0M
SHERIFF SHOT, HAS
CHANCE FOR LIFE
DOPE FiEND, WITH LUNG AND
BODY PUNCTURED BY BULLET.
PUTS UP BATTLE TO LAVE
BLAMEs HIS coMRAoE.

! rpH, uopcy lIHNu within Oh oitf u
Ayers aptness witn, trigger ilngri
durils sunday Eiglt', sensational at
item Et,d jai! break. viii recover IRON
! tla ei..rts o. tne bullet Wound N hi
! II t uas. appeared favorable toda,
- -tJr@ ~'noia ont hopes l1r Mack, Oh
Joseph despite the ao!e in hi iAn=
I Was Add- ny Il 80 calbrr "eyoit er
the bullet from which Spea clear lhfu
mis- body and theE still retained
el0ush iOrte to punctnrc tnick wan
and lodge in another wall in an ad-
: joi9inS room I'll the LA sal" count
: JAN.
.tacE lie cons io,i5 in hi cot at
the h,uurn hospital AM Is able 10
con. wth nurses, doctors and OF
| llcial who have visited him since the
5iOutilg.
! kinceppi Has Fever.
! Jollh ~ cepp., diSt II ,rSed "truSts,'
| whose ueruir efforts - prevent tie
J-il breah, were rewarded By his re
ceivins ii terrible De..llng by Mack.
ulu not rest a. Wei .aSt NIT u
leAGIns pnyoiciana would nked To
nave had hin. las head, badly bat
tered with lavatory trap jimmy, pre-.
pared by the two iclons 10 AID lntin
IN their battle Tor freedom. Cause.
che doctors con ,iuerdDlc WOrry. Dur
ing the night a pronounced fever de-
veloped, which, ii is said, partially dis
appeared during the day giving te
sign nj eDCDIII., ImaIn Iup he
recovery, since he was taken TO the
| no pita after he Sunday niglt as
sauli.' Notwithstanding the intense
pain he suffers Kincepki smiles bright
~ whenever any Visitors approach Ill
cot. and appears to nave Il t2ry op
limlstlc outlook tor the future. ne
refuses 10 accept the plaudltS OF M
attendants, waving their words o.
praise aside with tne blunt Statement,
i only did my duty.' l<incepki is the
man VINO prevented Sheriff Aycis
from stepping into a death trap pre-
pared for him by Mack and Logan.
rhe blows winch We're rained on his
head. even after he lay helple IS upon
~ Ioor, ny the iiendish drug addict,
were intended for he sheriff The
sight resistance he Oiiered the wild
prisoner, gave Sheriff chance TO get
ready and fire at the Drntal Mach
Just as he was lunging at aim with me
impr0t weapon poised menacing.
~ annve his head
Passing the Buck.
Today Mack, in the hospital, ana
Frank Logan, who Sheriff Ayers I'M.
armed, after he had wrested from
Jailer Cisco Il revolver and his keys.
are passing The puck. so to speak
Each blames the other as being the
master mind behind the shrewdly
conceived plan Of escape, which prom
iSed such rewards. but mi 'carried on.
~ by the ractiOn OF minute. Logan.
convicted safe blower, occupies cell
By himself on The upper tier at the
county Jail, where he pronounced all
the guilt Tor the crime upon the DIS.
lorted mind of his drug slave comrade.
Mack, on the other hand, has told
deputy Sherllfs that Logan was the
creator OF the escape idea. He planned
the campaign Of terror, ne says, cover
ing every possible angle and school
ing him well In the part ne was to
play in the mad rush for liberty, ne-
tore any o; the scheme wa, put into
actual operation
Logan. on the other hand, from hi,
cell in the Jail, where he lays stretch
ed out yOn his cot, intermittently
thanking kindly providence for he
ing alive, and cmrsing the fate when
caused his plans to miscarry, puts all
the blame upon his companion,
charging him with being the parent
of the mad dash and all the havoc Ii
left IN its wake
Logan in Bitter Frame Of Mind.
A study of Logan as he spraws out
on his bunk with his hands joined be.
hind his head. to make soft place
Tor hard boiled Uranium. offers
criminologists an interest study His
attitude is that Of man hopeless!
lost, but who stll retains all the hor-
rors of the physical suffering admin.
/, tered Oy Sheriff Ayers, which might
have spelled doom for HIM.
\ Free Trauer.Jourual representa-
tive interviewed Logan yesterday
while the excitement of the night be-
fore and the possibilities it held for
him. were still fresh in his mind
What did you think this would get
you Frank? he was asked.
1T might have gotten me out OF
twenty years at Joliet was his re-
Spouse. There is nothing in the III.
t,ire DeiorH me.-l'll get the limit
when | an sentenced ami this was a
chance to make a break for llDertg.
That is the only reason know Tor
my iOOltshness.
Il id you get down on your knees
asst night and offer up Il few prayers
for being alive? The sheriff. you
know. could have killed you very cas-.
lily. and the general opinion t. that he
let YOU Off rather reluctantly" was
shot back at him In an effort to get
him to admit he was very glad to he
wing when there was every reason
Tor his having been slain during the
melOdramatic events of Sunday night.
II am lucky, that 1, all. the sher.
iff could have shot me and | don {
know why he didn't. Just plain luck,
that's all But still | might Just as
well be dead" When he made that
last statement however, terror :alriy