Evening star., 1927-03-13
POLICEMAN SHOT IN JAILBREAK
DIES; TWO WOMEN ARRESTED
Only One of Six Slayers In Joliet Prison
Plot Still at Laree-Special
Guard Is Arrested.

nected sentence, but just a barrage
OF foul names.
This cost sI.50e." was the only
bit Of information obtained from the
! Americans. 1t was snarled out by
| Duchowski. who was credited with
being the leader in the penitentiary
break OF last May, when Klein was
killed.
Since the Mexicans took precs-
! dence today and the penitentiary
break came on the Cinco de Mayo,
| famous Mexican national holiday,
some ideas of leadership were re-
vised.
Mexicans Of Higher Type.
The Msxicans involved are men
of type far superior 10 the usual
| immigrant Mexican laborer. ROa
was an interpreter, Torres an itin-
| Grant singer and entertainer, who
| sometimes sang over the radio, and
Rizo was a restaurant proprietor be-
fore they ran afoul of the law.
One of the women arrested today
is Mrs. Rose Knighter. who was
found to have in her possession a
letter In Spanish from RHO. II was
OF recent date. She twice visited
last Saturday. She was placed in a
| cell.
The other woman is Mrs. Juanita
Gallardo. 10. who admitted she Wit
tied RHO last Wednesday with her
brother. She denied she had helped
smuggle saws or pistols to him.
Mrs. Gallardo. dark-haired, dark
eyed and fair of skin. was arrested
after II was learned she had visited
one of the imprisoned Mexicans-
Gregario Rizo-at the jail "wednesday.
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had never seen any Of the condemned
convicts, and then Rios brother. Sal
vadore, asked her 10 go to Joliet as
the boys want to see some girl from
South Chicago"
Made Love to Her.
"I went" she told the police. "Roa
made love to me. He played the
guitar. He wrote wonderful love let
ters. ALWAYS at the close OF the let
ters he asked me to bring saws. But
/ didn't; a was afraid"
The police found the lettkrs, some
in her handbag and some in her home.
They found, also. that Gallardo is
her maiden name. that she has son
| 2 years old and that her husband,
Richard Rodriguez, is in prison In Sil-
yer City. n. Mex.
The Joliet jail's visitors register
showed names OF women from Gary,
Indiana Harbor and South Chicago.
The Gallardo girl said Roa asked
her 10 have an automobile parked near
the Jail Sunday night.
Letter Speaks Of Blades.
One letter from Roa mentioned an
| inclosure of IS for saw blades. She
denied she used 1t for that, and mere
| ly shrugged her shoulders when ask
| ed for what II had gone.
She said she visited Roa the last
| two weeks ago and gave him candy
and bananas.
One of Roa's letters mentioned that
ION Sunday apparently March 81 we
will receive money to regulate things.
| The police connected that statement
with Duchowski's remark In the joliet
! iail that 'Thos cost 81 500"
James z. Burke. assistant state e
attorney, who took charge of the Joliet
| Investigation in the absence OF state s
(, Attorney Rem, said, however. that he
did not think the escape was an in
side job"
Roa, the crippled Mexican. who re,
/ mained at large tonight. Is a man OF
great stature, for a Mexican, 6 feet
| tall and Weighing 100 pounds. IL was
| his great strength which pulled him
through after he had been shot p
times last May and hope for his re
covery had been abandoned.
| Today's attempted jail delivery
| takes rank with that of the same mer
and James Price from the state
penitentiary last MAY and with that
of Tommy O'Connor from the Cook
County tChicago} jail, December II
1921. lust before he was to have beer
hanged for the murder of p. j. O'Neil
a policeman, as the most sensational
| in Illinois history.
The escape OF the seven men from
| the penitentiary virtually was par
alleled i'm all it's details by that OF the
three Mexicans today. AS result
of the May break, only James Price
remained at large.
Many Similar Items.
| There was the item of captured
1 guard. a wild dash across country, q
| fight with officers and the almost I'm
mediate recapture of all the desperate
men, save one.
| There were open hints of bribery
| when O'Connor. possessor OF dan'
gerous reputation as muroerer es-
| caned from the Chicago jail. Just az
1 there were in today's escape from
Toilet. but nothing ever came OF them.
| O'Connor had made his way out OF
/ the fail with two companions and was
over the rear wall of the Jail yard be
| fore an alarm was given. One OF the
| men fell and broke his ankles and was
captured at once. The other was re-
| taken soon, but O'Connor never mas
| been heard from since, although ire
| uuently, even lately. he has been re-
ported in various cities.
Empty Sateheis In Car.
Five empty satchels were found in
the automobile and detectives said
| they believed the bags were carried to
the scene of the robbery to serve as
containers for the payroll money. The
funds taken by the bandits, however,
were carried in bags in the armored
| car, thus making the use OF satchels
unnecessary, according to the police
version.
| Several automatics were disclosed
after a more careful search OF the
| farmhouse by officers. and this. they
said strengthened their belief that the
robber gang had been located
| The two men found In the house
were kept under guard In the place
| while the return of the others was
awaited by officers who kept under
cover, both on the inside and the out
1 side of the building. Neither of the
pair offered any resistance when the
! detectives entered the house.
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