The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-01
All Jones, Escaped Prisoner from Milwaukee, is
Nabbed by Deputy Steve Robinson
On Monday Night.
TWO COMPANIONS ARE ALSO HELD
Dan HToOnan and Frank Morton, Two Chicagoans, Are
Also Held Under Suspicion of Aiding
Prisoner to Escape.

were merely good samaritans who
ing of his past.
The trio were held for Milwaukee of
ficials who came here early this after
noon to take the prisoners to that city.
Strolled Out of Jail.
The three were arrested after a
chase which led from Milwaukee to
Zion and in which Deputy Sheriff Steve
Robinson starred.
Strolling calmly out of the house of
correction grounds early Monday night
Jones took advantage Of the fact that
he had been made trusty at the insti-
tuition. He climbed into an automo-
bile which drew up to receive him and
whisked away to freedom. 1
Calls were sent out Immediately to
officials in all parts Of the state and
dragnet laid to catch the escaping
prisoner and his companions. Sheriff
Fred Pabst was advised to watch the
west road and he and Deputy Sheriff
Stanley Rauen went there to nab and
automobile if it passed that way.
Meanwhile Deputy Sheriff Steve Robin
son was advised to be on the lookout
for the fugitive.
Trails Car to Zion.
Deputy Robinson took up his watch
at his home, south of Kenosha on the
Sheridan road. He spotted the car and
Immediately gave chase, but did not
attempt to make any arrests until he
was just in front Of the police Office
in Zion where he knew he would have
aid if the men put up fight to resist
arrest.
The trio, however, was taken into
custody without struggle and were
brought back to Kenosha and locked
up for the night. Officials here believe
that they frustrated we'll laid plan
of the prisoner and his aids to escape
from the penal institution.
Tell Pretty Story.
Jones made no effort to deny his
identity. He admitted that he had
walked out of the house of correction
but refused to implicate his com
panions in the escape.
The Chicago men declared that Jones
had hailed them in Milwaukee and had
asked them for a ride and that they
had consented to let him make the
trip back to Chicago with them.
They maintain that they know moth
ing of his past and had no knowledge
that he was a fugitive from justice
until they were halted by the deputy
sheriff.
Officials of the house of correction,
however, maintain that one of the men
was a recent visitor at the institution
and they believe that the escape was all
planned cut and that the automobile
was in waiting for Jones. al
Arrested as Con Man. m
Jones was arrested on a charge Of
obtaining money under false pretenses
and was sentenced to serve two years.
He had served half of the time and
had been such an exemplary prisoner
that he was made trusty 1t is known
that he has considerable money and
this has given color to the fact that
he was aided to escape by the other
occupants of the car.
II won't go hungry after | get out"
was Jones' comment to Sheriff Pabst
regarding whether or not he had money.
Local officials are inclined to disbe-
lieve the story told by the two men
with Jones to the effect that he was a
stranger to them, because of the fact
that they were overheard talking about
the big time" they would have had in
Chicago, had the trio escaped.