The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-12
TOO MUCH SMALLPOX,
 PRISONERS LEAVE
Negro Dies. Eight Residents of Pc. teau Bastile Vamoos--Ali
 Are Exposed.

That old time saying, "Go to jail and break out with the smallpox has a literal meaning at Poteau for that's exactly what eight prisoners did Tuesday night. The eight men have all been exposed to the dreaded dis ease and at last reports are at large exposing others to the contagion.
 edtAmpng the eight who escaped is dehn Sikes, who was arrested in Mena laRt month on charge of murdering a zeal miner at Heavener. Sikes was panghts sini Mena by Chief of Police Mungate and turned over to Okla homa officers. .sis.
 A PeteRu dispatch says of the sen- sational jail delivery:
 n h" moment after Ben Johnson, ne- gro, saeruhibed .to smallpox Tuesday night, eight prisoners in the county 5aiR. here Walked by the sheriff's of fee ana Sscaned. sN3he have vet been rdcaptnrets. EXcifeni1nt runs high in this Aectiohn nof 0kiahgnia as all the es- rAped men had beeh exposed to the disease Among those. Who escaped was John Sikes, charged with killing a0fiiiner At Heay yeher four Weeks ago, ard R, D, Welchel, an alleged notori- sss tssf ssfflaw whose f.bS bSgns n9ssas is ssldfo be at lpiss1idsIgguf ni sIa,iElo lE9eI ,sal
 c,dei he other men nWhQ escaped were Ike Campbell, said st9 have been, epl- ployed as q revenue agent, but arrest ed for manpfaeturing shquoEs bee Pamplin, charged with riaAMufactur- ms. Two young men nameda Schaffer and Harnieni arreStesi three weeks ago for robbing . store at he9Flora, Lee Meyern charged with aaalsting pEison- CTS to escape and Bill H0atmans anau- ufacturing and transporting bliqu0r.iij -brGuards st the jail expressed 9bea lief that the prisoners were assisted in making ttheir escape ybyo someone on the outside. .s4f
 "Shortly before the, jail delivery was discovered, 3 negro. named Ben John- son died m the hospital room of the building from smallpox. While the guards were in the rear of the buiId- ing making preparatiolls. for tue te- moval of the negros body. the 9ien walked down the stailt4y. passed the si1eriffs office au the tight. 1t is pos. sihle thpt Never, one bf the escapers made d skeleton key tb 1t the door He scapeH by i flti Sfl no a ail5at etgt months ago, aud wis ltetaptured With in a week 4 search of 'his.i it1s lft Ie veaied seyeral files and ,ss.ssy ssssy4s1 sy7s. ssl
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