The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-29

violence prior to his escape"
 pr. pattreil described zi0ncheck's escape from the exercise yard ct the sanitarium as amazing"
 Escape Was Spectacular
 The congressman and four other patients, guarded by three attend- ants, were placed in the yard about 10 a. m., Sunday. zioncheck strolled over Co the wire fence, which slopes inward at the top. Leaning against the dormitory veranda, he chatted with fellow patients. Sud- denly wild, piercing scream jerled the guards to attention. zioncheck stood on Q rail. Poised like . Tar- gan, he leaped six feet to the build ing's cement window ledge. He screamed again. As guards rushed toward him he made an amazing leap, grabbed the top of the fence, hurled his body over 1t. Guards who tried to duplicate his feat failed. They rushed for Q gate. Zioncheck turned his head once, grinned, and raced into the woods around the hospital.
 On His Trail
 Less than five minutes later 90 guards were on his trail. A general alarm was sounded and attendants surrounded a wooded area, but Zion- check was not found. Authorities believe he made his way to a nearby highway and hailed a passing mo- torist. pr. Pattrell gave the time of Zioncheck's escape as II Q. m. Tt was Q D. m. when he informed Mary land police. He did not explain the 10-hour delay. T want Zioncheck arrested" he told state headquar- ters. "EIe was legally committed to the Sanitarium for treatment and was patient in my care. As a naiss- ing person, he is Q fugitive from justice"
 Baltimore Not Worried
 Baltimore police said they were mot trying to find that fellow" 4 paunchy night sergeant explained the departments official attitude this way: "No, we ain't looking for that guy. He didn't do nothing against the law in Baltimore. But if he tries any of those stunts like he did in Washington, he won't go back to any nut house. He'll go to jail"
 Jail wouldn't be Q new experience to the Seattle congressman. He is almost as well known in Washing ton Jails as he is in congress. He was arrested last New Years day on @ charge of disturbing the peace by taking over an apartment house switchboard and waking all resi- dents at 1 a. m.
 Many Wild Escspades Then followed 8 series of esca- pades that blazoned his name on front pages from coast to coast. He sped 70 miles an hour through 6 Washington street and then tried to out-run an Alexandria, Va, state highway patrolman. Both times he landed in jail and paid fines. Then he went honeymooning. Enroute to Florida he was "pinched" for speed- ing. In Puerto Rico he was involved in 50 many Scrapes with the con- that he complained that Puerto Rico declared war on me-" In New York, enroute home, he in. vented Q connection which he called the "zioncheck Ripper" Fortified with several, he went wading with his bride. in Rockefeller Center's promethean pool. When he got home his landlady sought to evict him from fashionable Harvard hall. zioncheck and his bride resisted, The landlady charged she was beaten, and kicked from the Ziori- check apartment.
 His Bride Quits Him
 Tn the midst of the hullabaloo Zioncheck's bride left him. Zion. check started throwing her things out of awindow, and police arrested him. He was released after pay ment of Q fine and started mad city-wide search for his wife. He drove his roadster on the wrong side of the street, past stop lights and through heavy traffic at mad cap speed. He tried to enlist the aid of President Roosevelt and, when refused. left two empty beer bottles at the White House as a gift"
 When he tried to have Vice Pres- ident John N. Garner arrested on a charge of illegally detaining his wife--which Garner denied-police decided 1t was time to call Q halt. A squad of police ran him down and bundled him off to the hospital.
 He went screaming: You can't do this to me, I'm Congressman Zion- check, yip, yip. yippeel"