The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-03-18
INSANE CONVICT
SAWS THRU BARS
GETS over Wall.
AND DISAPPEARS
His Insanity was a Great Aid
Because as Close a Watch is
not Kept.

I'd Ives. No lO.oso on the prison
register escaped from the psniien.
tiary some time last saturday night or
early SUNDAY morning. aud has not yet
been captured although II IS believed
he VIII be within the neI - hours
Ives has long been suffering from a
form OF demenua and WAS declared
to be insane by the lunacy commission
recently appointed by Gov. Shoup to
Inquire into the mental condition of
prisoners thought 10 be OF unsound
mind. Because OF his arrangement
near the northeastern corner OF the
prison yard with number OF other
insane criminals
Owing to the malady with which
these men are snlicted 'ess rigorous
scrutiny is given 20 the cell house
where they are confined than Is the
ease with the buildings where the
more dangerous cnnvicts are kept. In
some manner friends OF Ivcs succeed
81 iu getting into his possession
small saw and file and Il was by this
means that he succeeded in obtain
Ing his liberty.
Afier long and laborious work Ives
managed to saw through the iron bars
of his cell. which was in the second
tier of such cages. but on the first
floor. after which be spread them
nren aud let himself down into the
ya-d. presumably about t;2o Sunday
morning He. had previously torn his
he'd covering into strips and made
rome of them. which he used TO ret
outside the main walls OF the institu-
tion.
Rack OF the cell house where ths
c~iminalIy deranged are kept. ;hr
q, aIIs are not quite so high as they
nr. around other portions Of the yard
and Il was here that Ives got over
Throwing his imrrovised rope around
telephone pole that stood close to
the wall and fastening II there he had
no difficulty in climbing the iuclosure
NV the employment OF the loose end
Of Il. making good his escape
The getaway of Ives. as far a. can
10 ascertalued, reflects no discredit on
the prison guards. or anybody else
connected with the prison. and II was
entirely due to the fact OF his insan-
'ty that he succeeded IN getting out
of tho Enclosure. His insanity added
~ his ingenuity and gave him sort
4 superhuman skill in the matter. He
was also fortunate In selecting the
usycholorical moment for his daring
undertaking Only once in a thousand
times could his feat have been accom-
plished. as that portion OF the yard
is patrolied by guards every few min
utes. Such n getaway from any other
portion OF the prison yard would be
physically impossible, rs n closer SUI
pervision Is given the cell houses
where the mentally responsible con
victs are confined.
Every effort Is being made by the
police OF the state to effect the re-
capture Of Ives. and Il is the opinion
OF the prison officials that he will not
long retain HIS new-found freedom
unless he continues To manifest that
exceptional alertness which his insan-
ity inspired during his getaway Sat.
urday night
Ives Ia about 10 years of age and
was serving term OF imprisonment
OF from nine to 10 years for burglary
He was brought here from Denver on
August 20, 1916. and was scheduled
10 serve his minimum time because
NJ HIS mental arrangement Ives Is
about s feet q inches In height
One day last week n Mexican pris-
oner nj the penitentiarv who wns tom.
porarily employed ns n coal shoveicr
for stenmsters engaged In hauling
coal from tho Nonac mine nt Pros
pect Heights TO the prison. made his
escape and hid for several hours IN
the foothills of tho Orecnhorn noun.
fains. but was subsequently cap.