Evening star., 1934-01-21
FUG|TNES HUNTED
|NOK[AHOMA HILLS
Kansas Teacher Abducted by
Two of Prison. Breakers
Is Released.

BY the Associated Press.
LANSING, Kans, January 20-Hunt
for the seven desperadoes who escaped
from the Kansas Penitentiary yesterday
veered tonight to the Southwests crime
frontier-the Northern Oklahoma hills
after the release of Lewis Dresser,
Kansas rural school teacher. who was
kidnapped b ytwo fugitives he identified
as Jim Clark and Frank Delmar.
Captive for nearly "a hours on a mad
automobile ride, Dresser was set free
Inharmed, near Pawhuska, Okla, about
S am today His captors continued
their flight in another car when, within
retreats which have been outlaw hide
aways for years.
Four Others Head South.
The 26-year-old teachers coupe. into
which the two fugitives forced them
selves as he was leaving his home near
here yesterday morning, was returned
to him.
Meanwhile, four others of the seven
convicts who overpoWered a guard and
went over the prison wall to freedom
were reported dashing southwark on a
twisting trail through Kansas this
afternoon in sedan.
Kansas National Guardsmen and
posses guarding highways sought TO cut
of their escape into Oklahoma and
scores of Oklahoma officers were con-
centrated below the Kansas border
, Tommy Mcmahon was identified by
several witnesses as a member of the
quartet. They stopped this afternoon
at house miles east Of PleaSanton
Kans., but departed when unable to
gain entrance Earlier their car had
been reported sighted at Paola and Oea-
watomie, Kans.
Hunt Near Prison.
Five stores were looted early today at
| Onaga, KanS., to the north, and a
quantity of mems clothing taken. OFF,
cials expressed the opinion that the
| fugitives had stolen the clothing to rio
themselves of their prison blue denim
| jumpers.
Warden Lacey Simpson directed &
| hunt in the immediate vicinity of tht
prison in the belief that one or more
, Of the fugitives might be in hiding, pos.
sibly in a wounded condition as the re.
suit of the gunflre Of two guards as tht
men escaped over the penitentiary wall
Relating his experience on the auto
mobile ride into Oklahoma. Dresser sale
Jim Clark did the driving. Clark re-
| ferred to his companion as Bob" anc
| the teacher expressed the opinion he
was Bob big Boy" Brady, a co-leadel
with Clark in the break. and later iden'
titled him from pictures as Delmar
convicted slayer.
CLARK threatened to kill me if
didn't behave" said Dresser.
"As we drove through Olathe, Kans.
looked right into the police station
and saw the officers sitting around
| undoubtedly discussing the prison
break After going through Olathe w
drove on side roads,
Trail Leads North.
He said they reached Oklahoma Cit!
about 6 pm and outside the city Clarl
left him with Delmar in the brush, bu
! returned shortly ard said: "Somethint
has gone wrong, the man who was sup.
| posed to have car for me has moved
| away"
Just where we went during tht
night I don't know" Dresser continued
The trail led back north to hill country
| however.
About am. near Pawhuska they
came upon a parked car. Dresser was
released and warned to turn arounc
and drive so miles without stopping
He drove to Bartlesville, Okla, and re.
ported to the police
Sheriff Dick Connors at Pawhusks
said the automobile in which the two
, convicts departed was a coupe owned
by Clark which had been in the pos
! session of a woman living near there.