Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-16
PRISONERS BOLT
FROM Fl. DU POINT;
BECOME BANDITS
Held Up c. r. Pool. Young
Banker, Stole His Clothing
and Bound Him.
SENTRY WAS WITH THEM

Three soldier prisoners, awaiting triai
q, Fort du Pont. escaped yesterday alter
noon. the sentry guarding them likewise
dlsanpcar,np with the three prisoners
The four are believed 10 have been rcspon-
slble for the hold-up of Frank X. Fool
.Ir son of State Senator Frank X. fooi;
assistant cashier of the People National
Rank of AIiddletown. and who lives at
AIacdonough. late yesterday afternoon
the attack taking place near Sumhh'
Bridge u..,i.
Tho mon who escaped are: William
Logan. aged - wears Homer Davis.
o. and John Nouldcr, y, aud the sen
Try who Is named RismarCk.
The three prisoners were do,nR ia'V'
work on the reservation, with blS'latcN
a. tho sentry over them. II Is inc custom
NJ All army reservations tor the Pris'iieIs
Ia do the labor work about inc govern
ncnt grounds. particularly III Ne'phk
up the neat appearance 81 the p,a'P
Tho mon were missed about $50 IN
rho afternoon and rs II was raining ut the
,imc IL was thought they might have
taken refuge somewhere Later as the
mon failed to appear. their absence was
ronor,ed to the police Of this city and the
authorities of the various towns through
OF, the state and IN adjoining states.
CAPTURED ny BANDITS.
Young Pool was riding along the state
road near summit Bridge. WHOM nc saw
our soldiers. three IN the regulation hiue
donlr, uniform Of prisoners and ono N nc
soldier uniform Tho tour were WAiNihS
al,ng the road when they were invited
\, Pool Ia take 4 ridc The four accepted
,bc invitation Near Summit Bridge POOL
AZ the point Of pistol, was iof''d ~
tlrn nff the state road
Pool was then taken into wheat fleld
thrown to the ground and stripped oi ms
cIotbee He was then bound and gagged
a,9 lcf, helplcsS The men then lott IN the
rnacbine going north Pool finally managed
- release his bonds. and, haillng 2 pas
s,no car was taken 70 NlddletOwn. where
he secured another car and went to his
nome His legs and arms were bruised
from the ropes tied about them.
WANTED 10 KILL.
ono If the four men insisted that Pool
he killed but the others prevailed upon
b,m not 10 commit murder Pool gradual
~i At Delaware College on Monday nc
hold-un took place about olock
The three prisoners were awaiting trial
Logan and Davis were charged with deser-
tlon and Noulder with larceny Long
tevn prIsoners are not kept at Fort dn
pm b,it arc removed ~ the disciplinary
barracks at Fort Jav. Governor Island,
Nov York. of Fort Leavenworth. Kansas
The men as they are anpTehended are
sent 10 the nearest army post for trial
and arc then sent to one Of the govern
mont prisons to serve their sentence
Immediately after the dlsappeara nce oi
the quartet, searching parties under me
various officers st the fort started ouf to
search the countryside, From information
secured. II is thought that the tolr men
worked their way through wheat heid
below Fort du POnt toward - Georges
and that there they struck ne H1a'e
road after which they either walked to-
ward Summit Bridge or had secured 2
LIT from someone on the ROAD
Tins cscape Is one Of the biggest that
basever taken place at Fort du Pont IN ITS
eI,stencc of over 20 wears. 4 number q
wears ago several prisoners attacked thelr
senfries and disappeared, but seaFch
~ feu hours revealed tho men IN the
r,arshes near the reservat ion. One OF the
escapcd prisoners Al that time had Waded
INTO some mud and was mp 70 his neck IN
Il uhen he was discovered by the search
Ing parties.
Was arrested IN this city on Tuesday night
June /. after q spectacular chase at the
homo of his mother, 1913 French street.
where he had been hiding Detectives
.Joseph +. kempski, Patrolman William
4 Blackston and Special Officer McAteeI
went after the man and discovered mn
sitting in an upstairs window pon seeing
them Davis started for the root The
officers forced the front door and over
took the fleeing man as he was about t'
iurnp 10 the roof Of an adjoining building
The prisoner-soldiers got no money iron
Pool When he saw that they were gong to
rob him. ne slipped some bills, winch nc
carried in rear pocket. into ms under
garments and tins escaped the soldiers
They did get his watch however. whicf
was graduation present to him on Mon
dav. hc being one Of tins year class al
Dols,.orc- college The soldiers did not
harm Pool other than to hlnd nun, and
the ONLY marks he bears arc lev lacera'
tions on the wrists caused ny ms efforts K
release himself