The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-10

OF deputy SherltfS and state
doris of the Jail to prevent
threatened efforts to free
Willie Mason, also held here,
charged with the Staying of
the Indianapolis police SER
geant in the holdup of the
Peoples Motor Coach Com
pany.
Harold Beeler, Hamilton county
prosecutor, announced that he would
file an affidavit charging Rolla
Rollings, Arcadia, a CWA time
keeper, with aiding the prisoner to
escape.
The ease with which the des-
perado escaped from the Jail amazed
state policemen hurriedly sent here
to investigate.
Giberson, held in a lower tier Of
cells, was regarded as model
prisoner" by Sheriff Frank Hattery
and his wife, Rose, who keep the
Hamilton county Jail.
Questioned at length early today.
RollingS, the CWA worker, pro-
tested his innocence and declared
that he was too frightened" to tell
the Jail authorities Immediately
about Giberson's escape.
Hat, Coat On
I had been working around the
cell block for about three weeks"
said RollingS, with William Clark.
Leo Hayworth and William Evans.
also eva workers. Yesterday
shortly after 8 o'clock I walked along
the aisle outside the cell tier in
which Giberson was supposed to be
confined and, to my astonishment.
saw him standing in the shadows
outside the bars. He had his hat
and coat on.
Hello Red" I said.
Hello Rol," he answered. 81
guess I'll be getting out of here"
Rollings told Sheriff Hattery that
he passed the convict and continued
his plumbing work in a corner of
the cell tier, fearing to notify author
tiles.
Il was scared stiff" he told Sher-
III Hattery later. Il thought maybe
his pals would shoot me if I made
an cutlery"
Tells CWA Foreman
Half an hour after Giberson
nonchalantly walked out of jail.
Rollings walked over to the court
house, across the yard from the
prison, according to Sheriff Hattery.
and approached Frank Caylor, CWA
foreman.
I'm going to have to come clean
and tell you something" Rollings
is alleged to have remarked to have
remarked before telling Mr.. Caylor
OF Giberson's escape.
Sheriff Hattery was in Sheridan
when the escaped was made known.
He returned Immediately, and sent
posses out into the sub-zero weather
to search for Clberson.
State policemen Loyal Hall and
Frank zirkle discovered the bar
sawed off in the door of the Jail.
Officer Zirkle ran his arm through
the hole and demonstrated how
Giberson, with the aid of a hack
saw, easily could have picked the
lock.
Inmats Knew of Plans
Several hours after the escape,
state police and Sheriff Hattery dis
covered an inmate who had seen the
car in which Gibberson is said to
have escaped, drawn up on the
south side of the Jail.
Sheriff Hattery withheld the
prisoners name. He said the man
had known of Giberson's plans and
had been threatened with his life
if he told of the escape. Accord
ing to the prisoner, a maroon
sedan in which two men were rid
ing circled the Jail four times and
then picked up GiberSon as he
emerged from the building, speeding
OF toward Indianapolis.
The prisoner also is alleged to
have told the sheriff that the plans
to escape include the deliverance
OF Willie Mason. Mason, according
to Sheriff Hattery, was prevented
from leaving because of an artificial
foot which retared his speed.
Mason Denies Plan
Mason, slight and bespectacled,
denied this assertion vigorously.
Looking more like an overworked
clerk than a bandit, Willie, attired
n a white shirt and prison trousers.
came down from his cell In the up
per tier to viewt he hole in the cell
door through which Giberson
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