Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-05

Dreier owes his life to George Pfister
and Porter Yates. two prisoners who re-
fused to escape from the Jail and who
united him and carried the unconscious
jailer to the office of the jail. where DR..
A. H. Mendenhan gave first aid.
HAS LETTER LEFT
FOR CELL BOSS.
United States Marshal StoIen has in
his possession a letter addressed to
Fred Heller, cell boss. written by Roy
McGongill, an escaped federal prison. and
left at the jail for Heller.
The letter follows:
Friend Fred-I have just now, seen a
hole up here and am going to tIy and
20. It is not my best judgement, but I
cant STAY in here and not know what is
to be done with me
cit doesn't look like they will give
me a chAnas. ! think I could get bond
signed up II Tulsa, but can't even see
an attorney, let alone writing to wife
or friends.
my intentions at present are to send
a bond back If they won't try to perse-
cute me all summer.
Fred, am asking you TO kindly send
all of my things to my wife. Thanks
for favors shown wife and self by you.
HENRY"
The address Of Mrs. MeGongin was
given as 119 South Denver street, Tulsa,
Okla.
DISCOVERED ABOUT
1 O'CLOCK BY POLICE.
The Jail delivery was discovered at l
o'clock this morning, when Sergt. Fred
Winkler and the emergency squad
halted two men at Alabama and South
Streets
, One Of these men admitted that he
had escaped from the jail and the ser
geant called police headquarters and
notified Capt. Alfred Ray.
Capt. Ray accompanied by Motor
Police Hudson and Landers, ran to the
Jail and found the doors opened.
They met two prisoners carrying the
unconscious form Of Night Jailer Dreier
down the stairway.
Guarding the doorway the police
aroused Sheriff Robert Miller. who was
sleeping In the living room Of the Jail
building.
Capt. Ray then rushed back to police
headquarters and spread the police net
over the city.
Detectives on day duty were called from
their beds. squads Of police in automo-
biles secured the city, deputy sheriffs
guarded the roads leading from the city.
railroad detectives and city police Off
GERS searched the various railroad yards.
ALL EXITS FROM
CITY BEING GUARDED.
Detectives were placed at the Union
depot and the Traction Terminal station
Suspects were hauled in from every
section Of the city.
Capt Ray notified Chief Of Police Jerry
Kinney of the jail delivery and told him
what steps he had taken.
Chief Kinney said nothing had been
left undone that was possible to recap
ture the fugitives.
Tho 7riEnuarG vuh n und
fined IN what is known as the federal
row. which figured in the recent exposure
Of gambling in the Jail.
Seventeen did not escape, some OF them
refusing ard others being unable to
crawl through the small hole leading
from the cellrOom.
The hole through which the prisoners
escaped Was exactly ten inches square.
two pieces IF armor plate steel being
sawed and battered out by the prisoners.
CHOOSE CELL
IN FEDERAL ROW.
The cell occupied by John Powers,
alias Jap" Powers, and Henry Tuui-
cliff and Robert Brown, located in the
northeast corner Of federal row, was the
place chosen by the prisoners from
which to make their escape.
Federal row is located on the second
door Of the north wing Of the jail.
Inc NtdAEUbAuc are surrounded DIV 4
corridor separating them from the out
side wall of the Jail.
This corridor can be reached only in
the interior Of the Jail by passing
through two doors
The bars sawed from the ceIlroom were
against the floor leading into the east
corridor
Through this opening the leaders of
the plot crawled and then lay in wait for
Night Jailer Dreier to make his hourly
tour Of inspection.
AS Dreier passed through the west cor
ridor and started TO turn into the north
corridor one of the prisoners struck him
a blow on the head with a blackjack"
made Of a piece of bed sheet wrapped
AzTound tfnfoiI.
skts<kSs JAILER WITH
-. - OF STEEL.
- & low did not render Dreier uncon-
- AV<<Nbut a second blow with a piece Of
= ~ teel about two feet long inflicted
81 - sand serious scalp wound, and the
sss< .fA Nsll helpless to the floor.
= 49, OF the prisoners leaped upon
4. ,&t3l Ind with laces of bed sheets they
ffe.{<.f gagged the unconscious man.
<s.sd In his own blood Dreier lay in
81 ridor.
"A the brutal attack was being made
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