Evening star., 1927-03-13
Nv the Assnciated Press.

CHICAGO, March 12.-Three or tht
six who were to be hanged at Joliet
jail for Staying q deputy warden dur
ing q prison break, had the blood o.
another ofsicer on their hands tonight
as a sequence Of their second breal
from confinement early today.
Leo Grant, q Chicago policeman
died tonight of wounds from bullets
fired by one of three Mexicans, WHIT
had awed their way from a Joliel
jail overpowered the guards and NED
Chicagoward with one of the guards
as hostage.
One Still at Large.
Oficer Grant, dying, identified Rob
ert Torrez as the man who shot him
Four other persons were wounded In
the revolver night that preceded the
capture Of two Of the three Mexican
convicts.
The third convict. though crippled
by bullet wounds suffered in the previ
Gus break nine months ago, is still
at large, despite the fact his wounds
REQUIRE him TO use crutches to move
about.
The other three OF the sextet OF
condemned men, who were alive only
by grace Of last minute stays OF their
sentences Of execution. are Americans
Although they, too, were to have
escaped in today's jail break, they
fell victims Of a miscarriage OF plans
and were left tc vent their disappoint
ed rage In the Will County jail.
Two Women Arrested.
Two women were arrested In Chica'
90 in connection with the escape.
A warrant charging Edward r. Glib
hons with aiding the escape was issued
on com nplaint OF Sheriff Albert A. Il
Markxraf. Gibbons was one Of the
special guards on duty at the time
the convicts sawed there way to free
dom.
gibbons was arrested when he came
TO the Jail at midnight tonight to re
port for duty.
of the investigation and went into con
ference with Gibbons.
For several weeks the convicts have
been held In the Joliet Jail with the
date for their execution thrice set for
the murder OF Peter Klein. deputy
warden at the model new penitentiary
at Statewide, from which they escaped
May 8, last.
Twice the day of death was post
poned after all arrangements had
been made for two triple hangings
by stays issued by the trial judge
and only last week. with the execu'
tfons set for yesterday. Justice Fred
| erick r. De Young issued writ oi
error, citing their case for review oy
! the high court.
Despite the statement In Chicago oi
the recaptured robber. Roberta Tor
req, that the bars were sawed las
| night, they apparently had beer
sa wed some time ago. for the break 1oi
liberty, which 1t was believed. nae
been timed for the night before the ex
ecution after all avenues OIL nope mac
been closed.
Then. apparently believing that thu
hest that could come of the review oi
their case by the State Supreme Cour1
would be a few months more of life
possibly a new trial and even then
new sentence of death, or at best, hf'
imprisonment, the convicts decided tt
put into effect their plans for escape
Music Covers Sound Of Saws.
Twanging a guitar or playing
mouth organ. as loud accompaniment
| to native folk songs, the Mexicans nae
drowned the scraping OF the steel upoi
steel as one of them sawed throusi
the bars before which he kneh appar
emily in prayer before an improVlse'
altar seemingly under the urge OIL
newly acquired religion
Then, shortly before dawn today
two of them crept into the corrido
o,,t side their cells, covered tw'
guards on duty with pistols AM
rsrred them and tied them, standing
| to the cell bars.
| Four other guards and deputy sher
IFS silently were stolen upon, unit
| fnalIy the night force had been cor
rallied and left standing spread. eagle
and gagged against cross barred ceiis
Then came. to them, most unto
ward incident. They key to the eel
| NJ the Americans they had expected
IN And ON one of the guards wa
locked in the jaii safe. Tossing pis
| tolls into the cells Of the men wh'
xyare sentenced to die with them, th'
NTericans shouted an "adios' ant
dashed to the back yard of the jail.
There. their star of hope shining
brightly, they encountered John krin
cich. a deputy sheriff. with his auto
mobile.
a nd in the next 30 minutes dasned o.
miles over rain creased concrete nisn
wavs to Indiana Harbor, Ind, which
boasts Oh u lhA8c AnSAAN
There the motor car was smasneu am
ha ndoned and. still taking krinicl
nth them. they forced taxica'
chsuffeur TO race with them to cor
ner In southeast Chicago. near Whici
one of the escaped ccnvicts knew rel
atives lived.
Alarm Spreads Rapidly.
Meanwhile alarm had been spread
from, Joliet and Chicago policemen
and detectives had rushed to the cut
skirts of the town.
Careening wildly through the nigh
the commandeered taxicab was spiet
by Sergt. John j. klaske OF the de
tective bureau and two men or MI
souad. Klaske forced the racing taxi
cab to the curbing and at that mo
ment the Mexicans opened nre.
George Grant, shot through the ab
domen and probably fatally wounded
and william Frost. shot in the arm
nd leg. were put out of the fight and
Klaske alone was left. The MexicanI
leaned from their taxicab and ran
Klaske took careful aim and dropped
Crexario Rizo with bullet just un
der the heart. He probably will die
In the fusillade the chauffeur Of thu
stolen taxicab, John Mariniack, 90, wal
shot in the leg.
Krincich. the hostage guard from
Joltet. cried out not to shoot him anC
luckily was missed entirely, although
caught in the direct path OF fire be
tween Kiaske and the Mexicans.
The district was combed by squads
| ~ datectives and policemen and 81