The Washington times., 1935-01-17
GANG HEAD HELD
AS|NST|GATOR
Of BREAK
Three Recaptured Fu0itiVes
Reveal Arms, Ammunition
Struggled in Prison
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president of the State Board of
Prison Terms and Paroles; Board
Members Joseph H. Stephens,
Sacramento banker, and Warren
H. Atherton, Stockton, former
State commander Of the American
Legion; Mark Noon, secretary Of
the board; Harry Jones, lieutenant
Of the San Quentin guard, and c.
L. Doose, a guard.
Slain by Attorney
The slain convict was Rudolph
streight, 35, Alameda county rob
ber. His confederates in the escape
were Alex Mckay, %, Los Angeles
robber; Joseph Kristy, 26, Los
Angeles kidnaper; and Fred
Landers, 27, San Francisco robber.
streight was killed by Albert
Bagshaw, a fighting young district
attorney Of Marin county, In which
San Quentin Is located. The other
three felons surrendered under the
guns of Bagshaw and UnderSheritf
E.T. Blum, of Marin county.
Board Members Sykes and
Stephens were wounded in the
battle between the officers and
convicts at Valley Ford, q cross
roads village in southern Sonoma
county.
The confessions, announced by
Clinton Duffy, Holohan's Secre-
tary, were startling. He said:
"The trio Of desperadOes We
brought back told Us that Clyde
Stevens went to San Rafael,
10 miles from San Quentin
several days age and planted
four automatic pistols and
dozens of rounds Of Gmmuni-
ton in the automobile Of Harry
Simpson, State department. Of
works emplOye, who frequentS
the prison in pursuance Of his
duties.
"FOr several days Simpson
unknOwingly transported the
weaponS and ammunition into
the prison grounds and out
again. Then the convict con-
spiratOrs got their chance TO
remove the guns from the car.
two of the pistols were con-
cealed in a keg Of nails in the
prison carpenter shop and two
behind q band saw.
"The convicts then settled
down to await the next meet
ing of the board Of terms" and
paroles, working out their plan
Of escape carefully. Yesterday
the meeting was held.
"Convict Mckay was Untitled
to pass through the main gate
to work outside, but Streight,
with two unsuccessful escape
attempts against him, was not.
Mckay gave one Of his suits
to Streight and Streight got by
as Mckay, the cOnvicts being
recognized only by their num-
bers. Then Mckay came out
In his other suit.
"Streight carried two Of the
pistols, KriSty the other two.
They armed Mckay and Land
ems and the plot was in exc
CutiOn."
Stevens, the master mind"
was paroled from San Quentin
after serving part of a term for
burglary and walked out Of the
prison into a string of bank hold.
ups.
Warden ReSiSts
The prison break took place
shortly after the luncheon hour.
The three board members, with
Noon and Warden Holohan, had
held morning meeting and were
just finishing their lunch as guests
Of the warden in his home inside
the prison walls about a hundred
yards from the administration
building, when the four despera-
does walked in. One of them COM
nanded "hands up!"
Holohan, So years of age, leaped
Tor the gun-wielding felon and got
a crack across his forehead with
the gun butt.
A terrific fight ensued between
the warden and the convictS, but
he finally fell unconscious, the
one desperate slugging him un.
mercifully until a companion
called:
That's enough, let's 60"
Speedy juStice-poSsibly the
gallows under California's new
kidnapping law-will be demanded
by District Attorney Bagshaw for
the remaining trio of convicts
who staged the sensational break.
The fighting young prosecutor,
who personally accounted for the
fourth desperate with a load Of
buckshot, went into legal action
as hopeful news came fram the
prison hospital where Warden
Holohan was staging a game fight
for life against a fractured skull
and other injuries, inflicted by the
convicts in their mad dash for
freedom.