The border vidette., 1921-06-11
ELEVEN PRISONERS ESCAPE.
Santa Cruz County JaiIor J. M. Soto
 Badly Wounded.

After knocking Night Jailor Jose Maria Soto, Sr. senseless, early last Thursday morning, the Santa Cruz county jail and crossed the international line, where they were later trailed by John Yoas' bloodhound.
 According to the story told by Night Jailer Soto, who was beaten on the head with an iron bar, and Sheriff White, the jail delivery occurred shortly before f o'clock this morning, says Thursdays Herald.
 Ditochea and Gandara, who were sleeping in the corridor of the inner section of the jail. had pried loose a piece of pipe from the plum ping in the lavatory of the jail and had also wrenched loose 8 length of three quarter steel rod from one of the cells.
 Taking a blanket in order to deaden any sound. the jail break CTS wrapped the blanket around one of the bars in the door lead ing to the jail office and using the prys that had been taken from the cell and lavatory bent the bar back far enough to allow them to crawl out into the cor ridor.
 Creeping up on Jailor Soto, the desperadoes beat him on the head with the steel bar they had wrenched from the cell. Soto was struck on top of the head and across the forehead being knocked unconscious. Among his injuries was a five inch gash over the left eye.
 Ditochea and Gandara then took Soto's revolver, watch and keys to the jail. They entered the inner corridor of the jail and opened the tanks in which 10 prisoners held on serious charges and the negro murderer, Hoop CT, and his companion Mitchell, |, were confined.
 All of the prisoners who cared to walk to freedom then left the jail, II prisoners refusing to avail themselves of the oppor tunity.
 About 4:45 a. m. Soto regain ed consciousness long enough to crawl to the telephone and in form Sheriff White of the break. He then fell back in faint be- hind the desk in the sheriff s office and was discovered there in a pool of blood by Sheriff White when he arrived at the office.
 Sheriff White immediately got in touch with Chief of Police Jay Lowe of Nogales and the officers hurried to Nogales, So nora, where they conferred with police officials On the other side of the line.
 Mayor Alejandro Villasenoi joined in the conference and stated to the American police officials that he would do every thing in bis power to assist ir the capture of the escaped crim. inals.
 Deputy Sheriff Palmer an6 John Yoas arrived in the city from Tubac shortly after FOG o'clock with "Homer, a blood hound, the property of Yoas The dog was taken into the cell occupied last night by the ne groes, Hooper and Mitchell, and sniffed of the bed clothing. On being unleashed, the dog imme. diately took up a trail which led through the canyon at the rear of the county jail to the Mexican line. Here the dog was leashed as the officers had no permit to cross into Mexico.
 Application to the Mexican authorities to hunt the desper- adoes was made and granted and the chase was resumed. J. M. Soto, Jr., a member of the Nogales police force and son of the injured jailor. jed posse of a mum Der of Mexican boys in a earch for the escaped prison CTS. Sheriff White is at the head of posse, composed of Deputies Abbott, Jones', Yost, Rose and Palmer. With this posse is John Yoas and his bloodhound.
 ESCAPED PRISONERS.
 Perry Hooper, negro, murder, | eoptonoo1 tO 1jfo innriSnnm0nt