The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-27
CONVICT BREAK
FOILED;; FOUR
KILL SELVES
Prisoners Stay Physician,
Shoot Three Others,
Commit Suicide.
QUELLED BY TEAR GAS
Battle to Death Against
Guards and Troops in
Marquette Pen.
Bv United Press

MARQUETTE, Mich, Aug. 81
Stalking their lives on a chance at
freedom, four desperate prisoners
today tried to shoot their way out
of Marquette prison, killed one
man, wounded two and then, sur
rounded and faced with capture,
ended their own lives.
Within two hours of the start of
fighting, quiet was restored and
prison officials said there was no
danger of concerted outbreak.
The dead.
A. w. Hornbogen, Marquette
physician and former president of
the Michigan Medical Association.
Andrew Germano, Detroit, con-
victed of numbering a policeman.
Frank Hohfer, Detroit, serving a
long sentence on a kidnapping
charge.
Charles Rosenberg, Detroit, SEN
fenced for robbery, armed.
Leo Duver, Chicago, sentenced
from Detroit for store robbery.
SnOOt PHYSICIAN EIrSC
Not even the plan by which the
men hoped to shoot their way out
of the prison yard could be learned,
although it was reported an armored
car, said to be from Detroit, was
waiting outside the prison to re-
ceive the convictS once they passed
the walls.
The prisoners first shot DR. Horn
bogen, acting penitentiary physician,
after coming to the hospital on a
plea of illness. The trusty, Frank
Oligschlager, and the guard came
to the physicians aid, fighting with
their fists. Both were shot down.
Shooting as they went, the three
desperate prisoners rushed to an old
factory building inside the prison
walls. The fourth prisoner, Hohfer,
tried to escape in another quarter.
Inside the factory the men barri-
caded themselves and began firing
on guards and state troopers, who
Immediately took up positions about
the beleaguered building.
The Injured
Frank Oligschlager, Detroit, a
trusty, shot through the abdomen.
His wound may prove fatal.
Joe Cowling, guard, shot through
the leg.
George Hurley, prison finger print
expert, first reported killed in the
fight, was later found not seriously
wounded.
Prison officials Immediately began
investigation of how the prisoners
obtained possession of firearms, but
Warden James P. Corgan said he
had been unable thus far to learn
much of the plot.
Suicide of the ringleaderS. it is
feared, may prevent complete ex-
PLANTATION.
COnvictS Well Armed
The prisoners were armed with
revolvers and apparently had a
good supply of ammunition. Prison
guards raked the factory building
with rifle and machine gun fire.
Shots poured through the VIM
dogs, and the prisoners fired back.
There was no effort on the part
of other prisoners to join the
break, officials said.
Finally barrage of tear gas
bombs, tossed into the factory,
silenced the firing from the inside.
After an interval, guards advanced
cautiously and then made a con-
certed rush. Inside they found the
trio dead. Each had ended his own
life, realizing escape was ilnpos-
SibTe.
While the main fight went for
ward at the old factory, Hohfer
rounded corner in a corridor of
another building, saw a guard, and
fired. AS his first shots missed their
mark, Hohfer turned the revolver
on himself. ending his life.