Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-06-17
ESCAPED CONWCTS
SAID TO HAVE BEEN IN
NEW CASTLE TODAY
Police Of That City and VIII
mington Made Unsuccessful
Hunt for Them.
M0T0RED FROM BALTIMORE

John Hook. % years old, and Frank
MaccInc. %. convicted OF burglary and
larceny and Arthur r. Mitten. %
convicted of aiding In tho delinquency
OF minore. who caused a sensation In
baltimore. Md. on Sunday night. by
their spectaCular escape from the
Maryland House of Correction. are re-
ported To have passed through New
Castle this morning, taking break
fast at the home OF Alfred Cole. In
the western section OF the city The
men were in a touring ear and Were
accompanied Ivy another man.
The report became current, Il Is
said. when someone thought ne reCog
nized one OF the men, who In said to
have worked In New Gaelic some years
before being imprisoned chief of
Police Matthew Tobin was immediately
notified. and he In turn notified the
Wilmington police. having been in
formed THAI the prisoners were headed
toward th.s city The riot squad OF
the Wilmington police force was sent
out toward New Castle. but no trace
could be- found of the men, and the
supposition IL that they changed their
route and went to some other point.
Mitten. whose home Is az "a Fac,
Mae street. Westminster. Nd. Is re-
ported 90 have been employed in Della
ware FOR some time. Il was ~ Id by Of
rcisis of tho Maryls nd House or Cor
rection today. II was he. Il is thought
who was recognized white in New
castle. Ito Is feet 10 inches in height
weighs las pounds. has red hair and
dark eyes
According to the report in New
Castle today. the mon stopped AZ
tannons garage on Second street. in
an attemp; - purchase gasoline FOR
their automobile They were unable
10 arouse anybody. however. q, being
shortly after I O'Clock. and they then
proceeded to kee's garage. Fourth and
'hesinW streets. meeting with the
same result. This was after they had
had their breakfast al the cole home
u IL said IL was reported IN New
'ast" that Mitten formerly boarded
~ the Cole hogle and worked nearby.
non being notified ~ the mems
reported visit to New castle peupty.
Warden Philip Merrill 81 the MARYLAND
House ~ Correction furnished the
local police with n description of the
mon. Hook s Ave feet inches IN
height. weighs l5b pounds. has dark
brown hair and brown ewes. ana when
n" LETT tho House Of Correction wore
hlue overale. Maccine is feet :
inches I'm height. weighs $50 pounds
has da;k hair and can he recognized
bN scar over the eft eye Nitten'~
description was as given above.
Upon inquiry At the House OF Cor.
rection TODAY g. wae learned that Hook
was servins term ot nve years a.
The time of his escape. for burglary
Hie home ~ IN Newport News. Nir-
sinin. Maccinc. who lives AZ PIG Morse
street flrtshure, Pa. was serving a
term of three years for robbery. and
Miiton was serving eigh, wears They
made daring escape on SUNDAY n.rht
ny climbing through ventiator on
The roof of The building and letting
themselves down on tho outside
The House ~ Correction has ra,eiv-
81 conniciins reports % their appear
aice IN various places since they. lef,
On SUNDAY night. hut an .nvastleo
uon found none of the REPORTS IN he
eorrvct. u is not known how the
prisoners -, ired tho automobile .r
which thev were seen this morning