Weekly journal-miner., 1920-10-27
WILD RUMORS OF ESCAPES FROM PRISON USED AS
 ANTI-CAMPBELL WEAPONS
(From Sundays DailyJ

made by democratic state candidates relative to the number of escapes from the state prison under Gov. Campbelrs administration are wholly without foundation, is shown by summary compiled this week from the official records in the governors office The report, which covers period of three and d kalf years past shows conclusivcly that the number of escapes have not increased during Gov. Campbell's term of of flee, but in fact there have been fewer escapes under his administra- ton than any other.
 The report covers a period of three and d half years, from Janu ary 1, 1917 to June 50, 1920. Dur ing the first six months of that time, R. B. Sims, an appointee of Gov. Hunt, was superintendent of the prison. During this period g men escaped, / from the prison and 30 from the road camp. Of this num- Der, four were subsequently, re- captured by Sims, and IA by A. A. Anderson, who was appointed by Gov. Campbell to succeed Mir. Sims, leaving 10 of the g escaping men at large.
 During the next six months, A. A. Anderson was superintendent. There were B escapes, eight from the prison, g from the road camp and one from honor. Of this num- Der cen were subsequently, captured, either by Supt Anderson or Supt. Powell, also an appointce of Gov. Campbell Two were captured by Supt Sims, during the year he held the office of superintendent under Gov. Hunts last year ill office, 1cav- ing 20 at large.
 When Gov. Hunt was restored to office by the decision of the supreme court, he promptly reappointcd MT. Sims to be superintendent of the prison. From December 31, 1917 un- til January ?, 1919, fifty-two men made their escape, II from Florence and fl from the road camp. Of this number, Supt Sims was sue cessfm ill rccapturing Y, and one has since been rccaptured, leaving 34 at large.
 Upon taking office January c, l9l9 Gov. Campbell appointed C. c. Powell of Florence 10 be supcrin- tendent Of the prison. During the period extending from that date un- til June 3Oth last, 49 prisoners cs- capped Of this number I9 have been rccapturcd by Supt Powell, leaving 30 still at large. In other words, there were three fewer escapes dur ing the IS months of Gov. Camp bells administration than during Gov. Hunts last twelve months in office, and of the number escaping, four more remained at large who had escaped during the Sims admin istration than during the supcrin- of Mr. Powell
 A further comparison of the two periods of IS months each, during which Sims and Powell respectively held the office, shows the number of 10 be as follows:
 Sims, IS months, escapes S9; still at large 5.
 Powell, Is months, escapes 49; ] still at large, 30.
 Inasmuch as number of the prisoners who escaped under the ! Sims regime were rccapturcd later by Supt. Powell, it IS not surprising that figures compiled at this time for the past IS months show q higher percentage of escaped men still at large The fact remains that after IS months, 5 out of the men ! who escaped during the Sims regime arc still at large. In order to make . the comparison fair to Mir. Powell | t would be necessary to know how many Of these 30 men will be shown to be at large on January 1, 1922.
 It is interesting to note that the number of escapes from the road camps under the administration Of Gov Campbell has been more than lalvcd. During IS months of the 'upcrintcndcncy of Sims, the num- per of men who escaped from these camps was 7l, or at the rate Of 47.2 ! escapes year. During the two ,cars of Gov Campbelrs administra- ion, six months of which A. A. An lcrson was superintendent and the remainder of which time the office las been held by Mr. Powell, the number of escapes was 45, or al the ate of 22.5 escapes per year from he road camps.
 In short the official figures show