The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05

under way. There was some delay
when the work was nearly completed
The two unprotected windows offered
McCool's only opportunity to escape
and he took advantage of it before
workmen removed the one slight
Ward 10 Under "Prison Rule"
The ward for the criminal insane
for some days had been under what
is known as prison rule" That Nc
Cool apparently sensed the increase
in vigilance, arranged the co-opera-
tion of other patients and effected
escape at the one vulnerable place, is
taken to be a further indication that
he had not, in any large degree lost
his power of mind.
When McCool made his successful
dash for liberty he was wearing a
pair Of blue serge trousers, brown
coat and vest, a pair of black~button
shoes with velvet tops, slate colored
shirt, small dark tie and blue cap.
He had not shaved in five days. This
description has been sent broadcast
for the information Of police and
citizens. -
injured Six Men.
st. Peter, Mimi, August 2.-Search
was continued today for Frank Nc
Cool, under thirty year sentence for
murder In connection with the death
of Patrolman George Connery OF Min
neapolis, and also an accomplice in
the murder of Mrs. Alice McQuillan
Dunn Of st. Paul who escaped from
the state hospital for the criminal in
sane here last night. Guards are
searching the woods in the vicinity of
the minnesota river, where it Is
thought McCooi might be hiding.
In his dash for liberty, McCooI in
jured six men according to hospital
authorities this morning, none of
whom were seriously hurt. The five
others who planned to escape with
him were unsuccessful and are In
close confinement today.
In escaping from the hospital, Nc
Cool, who was on the third floor
when he attacked the guards, Jumped
from q window to porch roof, and
from there to the ground. In the
opinion X. N. Phelps, superintendent
OF the hospital, McCool may be a long
distance from st. Peter unless he
suffered some injury when he fought
his way out.
Immediately after the escape a
posse was formed which took to the
woods into which McCooI was said to
have entered, the search continuing
all night. This morning a small
searching party again took up the
McCool was dressed in street
clothes when he escaped. He wore
brown coat and vest and a pair of
blue trousers.
The Three Men Implicated.
The three men implicated with Nc
COOL In the escape attempt were all
hardened criminals, who had been
sent from saltwater during the last
rev months. Frank Vaughn came here
three months ago. after serving some
time in Saltwater for assault and
burglary. Frank Schoenborn was
sent here six weeks ago. Charles
ForDes, implicated with another man
IN the murder Of farmer near Glen
coe about a year ago, also is a recent
Forbes formerly was from Mime.
apolis and was arrested at Glendiye.
Mont, In September. 1919, with
Myron Bassett, both charged with
sSl1a ag Jonn g: Larson. farmer of
1919. They were brought back To- o
Minneapolis and confessed. Both
were sent to Saltwater, but since
then Forbes had been taken to the
st. Peter asylum. The Larson killing
was known throughout the northwest
as the "cornfield murder" becarAs his
pody was found in a field near Glen
coe. FORBES and Bassett had asked
Larson for a ride in his automobile
wnlle ne was driving by them near
tExcelslor. They attacked him, killed
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There was report that an airnJane
was seen lowering near Kasota about
the time that McCool escaped from the
asylum and that he had made his
getaway in the plane. However,
parties in Kasota declare that there
can be nothing to the story. A large
plane came from southerly direc-
ton last evening and passed over
Mankato.
Guards Were In Mankato..
-Four of the guards of the st. Peter
hospital for the insane were here this
forenoon searching for Frank McCool
who escaped from the criminally in.
sane ward of that institution last
evening. Inese men are of the opin-
on that McCool must have been in
jured in his leap from the third story
window when he made his escape. A
woman living in Kasota heard some
one walk up on to their porch last
night, but when investigation was
made no one was there. She was of
the opinion that 1t might have been
the escaped man.
The suppositon that McCool made
his escape in an airplane perhaps
came about through the fact that
federated hier on his way from Fair
mont to Minneapolis passed over
Mankato and Kasota- a few mo-
ments after McCool made his es-
cape. This fier did not stop between
here and Minneapolis.
W.D. Griffiths' "Way Down East is
being shown in film theatres in small
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