The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-05
Harvey Bailey Back in Jail
After Daring Escape
at Dallas.

BIZ United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. s.
Twenty guards were placed around
the cell Of Harvey Bailey, notorious
killer. kidnaper and bandit. today,
as authorities anticipated the
chance of a desperate underworld
attempt to hberate the man who
accomplished the seemingly impos-
sible and escaped from the Dallas
CTex) county jail Monday.
Bailey had only few hours OF
liberty, but authorities were given a
clear intimation of the clevernesS
and resourcefulness of their pris-
oner. While he was being captured
at Ardmore, police fought a carload
of underworld machine gunners at
Enid, $50 miles north. The gunner
escaped. They were believed friends
of Bailey, heading south to meet
him
Authorities opened a vigorous in
vestigation of how he obtained the
pistol with which he forced his way
out of the supposedly escape-p proof
Dallas Jail, where he was guarded
heavily.
Bailey is to be tried here Sept. Is
for the kidnapping Of Charles Ur-
schel, oil millionaire, provided it is
not decided to try him in Kansas
City for the Union Station massa-
ere, where he would be subject to
the death penalty.
He has been identified as one of
the bandits who escaped with 81
100000 in the nations greatest bank
robbery at Lincoln, Neb. He was
questioned in the 1929 ST. Valen-
tines day massacre is Chicago, once
was investigated in connection with
the Linbergh kidnapping, and last
Decoration day led ten convictS in
an escape from the Kansas state
penitentiary at Lansing. where he
was serving bank robbery SEN
tence.
Bars Sawed Out
Brandishing an old revolver which
he said he found" in his mattress;
Bailey forced his way out of the
Dallas Jail at breakfast time Mon
day. He locked three attendants in
cells and kidnapped Nick Tresp, a
deputy jailer.
In preparation for his dash,
Bailey sawed out the bars between
his cell and an empty one adjoin-
ing. To reach the street, he de-
scended five flights in an elevator,
overpowered Tresp. and forced him
to lead the way to his auto. His
was the fourth escape from the
towering nineteen year-old jail.
Sheriff Smoot Schmid returned by
airplane to Dallas today from Chi
cago to investigate the source of the
guns and saw blades. He said spe-
cial federal guards placed over
Bailey following his capture at
Paradise, Tex, last month had been
discontinued as a result of the
change in administration at the
United States marshal's Office last
week.
Bailey forced Tresp to accompany
him in Tresp's automobile. Scores
of automobiles anu half a dozen
airplanes were ordered in pursuit.
FIeeS to Oklahoma
Speeding northward, Bailey ano
his hostage reached Oklahoma with
out detection. Gainesville (Tex.)
officers heard they were in Hoxboro
Okla, and notified Ardmore off,
GERS, farther north.
Chief Hale Dunn of Ardmore and
officers Bennett Wallace and Ray
mond Shoemaker sped south ano
encountered Bailey and Tresp at q
filling station Bailey started the
car and raced into Ardmore, the po-
lice in hot pursuit He dgzaggeo
around business blocks.
Near the city limits. the officers
fired several shots. aimed high fol-
fear Of wounding TreSp. A few min
utes later they overlook the ma
chine and forced it to the curb.
Bailey surrendered without re-
SiStance.