The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-15
Bank Robber
Pair, Armed,
Lead in Dash
Struggled Guns and Sharp Spear Used
to Overpower Jailers in First Sue
cessful Break in Recent Years

OK armed desperadoes, making wild dash for freedom
~ escaped from the King county Jail Tuesday morning
and were being hunted thruou the city by posses COM
posed of city and county police officials and all available
deputy sheriffs, detectives and patromen
The outlaws held jalers and visitors at the county Jail
at IL m with two revovers and crudely fashioned
spear.
Charging out from their cell room they surrounded Drs
w. B. Stanley and Guy NJ Ford c. Rosenfedt finger
print expert and Jaers W. P Riley and Dave Morgan and
Attorney Milo Loveless The escaping prisoners menacng
the with their weapons forced them into tank No. g
from which they had escaped.
They locked the civilians and ailers in the tank and
dashed outside where they stole Dr. Stanleys auto and
sped away for the downtown district of the city.
The men who took part in the sensational escape all of
whom are known as desperate characters are:
Floyd Richardson Ed Watson, Joe Ward Alvah Kill
bourne +. H. Johnson and James Burns, alias Jim Cam
bertino
Richardson held in connection with the murder of
Patrolman Little. Alvah Kbourne held for bank
robbery at Bothel, In which he wounded. Johnson
and Burns held two of the bandits in the $4,000
Nanamo bank robbery at Nanaimo B. C. Ward is held
for the first Bothel bank robbery Watson serving
90day Jail sentence for robbery and recently attempted
escape from the stockade where he shot with buck
shot by guards
CITY -WIDE MANHUNT
BY POLICE AND SHERIFF
Jailer Morgan, who bravey refused to hand over his
keys to the escaping prisoners even when threatened with
DEATH opened the tank door and released himself and the
imprisoned civilians and other jaiers.
The alarm quickly sounded and the posses quickly
organized Sheriff Matt Starwch who has oied
attempts at ailbreaks in recent months in which
of the fugtve were concerned Immediately ordered all
deputies into emergency service and led them the grim
chase after the fleeing desperadoes.
Chief of Police Severyns, informed of the iailbreak
ordered all available patroen and downtown police to
Join in the hunt Detective Captain W. E. Justus likewise
detailed all detectives duty into the increasing manhunt
The spread like net the route taken by the
outlaws.
The ugitives fleeing in Dr. Stanleys car dashed away
from the Jail into the downtown zone They had trouble
IN operating the and they approached the Pike Street
Tire Shop at 1924 Pike ST. they the onto the side
walk and abandoned it. The six in the yell
St and the three others down Pine and east that
street They dressed in overas and white shirts the
usual prison garb, and one of them had no socks.
W. O. Standrng of the tire shop said the men were
trying to pump gas into the carburetor and in their excite
men they locked the Believing that they were out of
gas they quit the car and fled on foot
From this point the chase by the poSsemen was again
taken up and all rooing houses and hangouts were be-
ing combed for the outlaws.
ABANDON CAR AT
BOREN AND PIKE ST.
Riley we're returning Avah Klboue to tank No. g which
cell He had Just been treated by Dr. Stanley for
wounds he had received in the Bothe bank robbery AS
aer Riley opened the door of the tank Kbourne jumped
to side Joe Ward, of the prisoners the tank
covered the two with revolver The two jalers Dr.
Stanley, Dr.. Ford and Attorney Milo j. Loveless who was
on his to prisoner forced into the tank the
six dashed outside their way to freedom The civil
ians and jaers locked in.
The prisoners dashed into the Jail office and held up Jaer
Morgan They demanded penalty of death for refusal
that he open the door to cell housing Clarence Bagey an
other Nanaimo ankrobber suspect Morgan refused and
succeeded in keeping his keys He taken to the tank
and locked in with the Others later beratng all of them
Ward and Watson were armed with revovers which
they had obtained in unknown way thru connections
with the underworld. Johnson according to Dr. Ford,
red the spear which made out of broom stick to
which tied old table knife sharpened and ground
point
The back door of the Jail was open and it was thru this
exit that the outlaws escaped.
The prisoners choose opportne time for the break,
since other Jail officials at that hour in conference in
fhnN tor'un off