South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-13
DEPUTIES HALT IN
ATTEMPT TO FIND
ESCAPED CONNECTS
Officials Return Without HOr.
vath and MOOre-Find
Bloody Trail.

Deputy Sheriffs William Kerr and
Leo Allan returned from Crothers-
Vile. Ind. Thursday without Joseph
Moore and joan Horvath. convicts
who escaped from them by jumping
| handcufred together through the
lavatory window OF a speeding train
| bearing them TO the Jeffersonville
Reform School last Saturday.
! Search for the convicts was not
abandoned with the departure OF
Kerr and Allan but was given re-
newed vigor Wednesday by the en-
listing of Jackson county officials and
every farmer for miles around the
marsh which Horvath and Moore are
known to have entered.
Deputy Kerr accompanied the
men 70 the door and as soon as the
J prisoners had entered the lavatory
clicking was heard and Kerr be.
came suspicious On finding the
/ door locked, Kerr threw his weight
! a gainst 1t and broke through the
door panelling just in time 10 see
/ Moore and Horvath drop through
| the window which was Of the old
wooden coach style "a by IS inches.
Although the conductor OF the
train was sitting only few feet from
the scene of the prisoners escape,
the train was not stopped until It
| had gone nearly three quarters OF a
mile past the spot where the men
had jumped.
On backing the train onto a siding
near where Horvach and Moore had
| escaped, the convicts were tracked
| into a cornfield, then through an
orchard, and finally into ravine
which entered a swamp which COW
! ers more than % square miles.
Leaves Bloody Trail.
Blood found at the spot where tho
! prisoners had landed after jumping
from the window and at frequent in
tervals along their trail indicated
that one or possibly both prisoners
were badly hurt by their leap.
! Farmers who saw the pair fleeing
I through the fields declared to Dep
uty Kerr that the white man (Hor-
vath) was bleeding profusely.
/ The trail Of the escaped convicts
was lost in the ravine leading into
! the large swamp. Kerr said.
J After receiving Instructions from
Sheriff Lew B. Duck to stay and con-
tinue the hunt Cor Horvath and
Moore, Deputies Kerr and Allan Sc
cured the assistance OF the Jackson
county sheriff and deputies. Before
! leaving, they had reported the escape
of the prisoners to every farmer for
miles around the swamp and they
/ in turn were asked to keep a close
watch for the convicts. Police In
neigh boring villages received similar
instructions and if Moore and Hor-
vath leave the swamp they are al
most certain to be captured.
The swamp between Scottsburg
and Crothersville is said to be one
Of the largest in that part of the
state and the cold weather combined
with the dampness of the marsh are
thought to be too severe for the
convicts to long stand It. For this
/ reason. unless they choose to die in
the marsh, they are expected TO at
tempt a getaway from the swamp,
and no measures have been spared
in an effort to recapture them IN
event they do.
Perjury Charge Filed.
Moore who was convicted Of
burglarlzing the Kuehn shoe store on
S. Michigan St, had been sentenced
by Circuit Judge Walter Funk 20
serve from two 10 IA years at the
State Reform School at Jefferson
Vile. while Horvath had been given
the same sentence by the same tri-
. Il -
pier Of the Edwardsburg road with
intent 10 commit a statuaOry Of
Tense after she had befriended him.
Moore. after serving his sentence
also has a perjury charge to answer
to for giving false testimony during
his trial in the Circuit court.
An affidavit charging Moore with
perjury has been filed by Deputy
Pros. George Donahue, in accordance
with Judge Funk's instructions.
Moore. when or the witness stand
| IS alleged TO have sworn under oath
that the confession which Deputy
Pros. Donahue attempted TO intro
duce as evidence against him, was
! obtained and signed If ever. while
he (Moore) was unconscious as re-
suit of the gruelling given him by
the police in an effort TO have him
admit his guilt.
This remark together with de-
NAL by Moore on the witness stand
that he had ever had a previous
criminal record when Il was proved
that he was out on parole from the
/ Michigan penitentiary at Jackson,
Mich. so melted Judge Funk viii
was hearing the trial, that The Judge
directed the prosecutor TO prepare
an affidavit charging Moore with
perjury.