New Britain herald., 1927-03-12
Prisoners In Possession

victs, who then were in South Chi cago.
 Prisoners in Possession
 In the meantime DusChowski Stalcski and Shadcr took compet possession of the two-story jail building. The guards remaining in the building were locked in cells, and the prisoners prepared 10 defend themselves while at the same time making ready for an opportunity to escape.
 But the alarm had spread with the swlttueSs of lightning. Warned tha, more than 2@ other county prisoners might take advantage of the state Of sl, ga to attempt an escape, the po- lice called out all reserves and sur rounded the gail, The attacking po- lice took cover and prepared to ad- vance by regular stages.
 In short time the news spread 10 the citizens and soon a huge crowd gathered about the Jail oc- cupyng points Of vantage and out Of danger from expected bullets. Calls Were sent 10 the police station for tear bombs and soon these were thrown through the windows.
 A call was sent to the old peni- teutlary as well as tc the Siatcsville prison and reserve guards in auto
 The First Break
 The first jail break of the seXtet came on a Mexican national holiday. the Cinco De Mayo, popularly cele- brated below the Rio Grande in commemoration of the victory of the Mcxicans over the French at Pue bla City.
 The plot was carried out with military precision. The men ob- iained an interview with Klein, whose office was in the house de- voted to solitary Imprisonment cells, and stabbed and beat him to death. i One of them then summoned John \ecley, guard captain, upon the pre- text that he was wanted by Klein. l kccley was forced to march at the | head of file formed by the seven desperate convicts and obtain egress i through a prison gate as if he were i taking out working party. l Keeley was compelled to call for | kleln's automobile and accompany the escaped prisoners on wild ride south. keeley finally was hand Cuffed 10 a tree near Ottawa after 1 the convicts debated whether to slay him. The automobile failed and was abandoned.
 Four of the men remained to- 1 gcther and were recaptured that night and the next morning at Lenore. Ill.,, after a fight with a posse.
 Young Shader was with Charles 1 Price, the only one of the prison breakers to remain at large, but went to sleep and fell off the freight train upon which they were riding. He was seriously injured when re- captured
 Duschowski made his way tc ! Mexico, but was lured across the i international boundary and arrested at Nogales Ariz.
 The M@Xicans are considered of ] high type. Roa was an interpreter; | Torrez q singer and musician, and 1 Rizo. who is only 2l, was the pro- 1 prietor of restaurant in South 1 Chicago before he was sent 10 pris- | on for robbery with a gun. Roa and Torroz originally were serving i Tiff sentences for murder. Shader first slew his father but was cleared when q coroner's jury found he fired in defense of his mother. Next he killed a policeman for which he was imprisoned. 1 Staleski was serving sentence for robbery. and was the only one of the prison breakers who was i eligible to parole.
 Duschowski was serving long sentence for murder. In being recapturcd last May Roa was wounded 2l times. His life was dcspaired of, but recovered re- markably.
 When the convicts killed Klein NaNthan r. Leopold. Jr.. serving q life sentence for the staying, with Richard Loeb. Of the child Bobby Frank, was a prisoner In one of the solitary cells. He was called as q witness at the trial but refused tc testify.