Evening star., 1942-10-10
1ouhy and Six Others
Hunted by Huge Posse
After Illinois Break
Lifers Injure Three in
Dorine Escape; Foetor
Asks Police Protection
By the Associated Press.

WCIC III OpcI dtlOIl tOQdy In one
of the most widely flung man
hunts in the States history to
e1ect the capture of seven life
term convicts who made a daring
escape from Stateville Prison
yesterday afternoon.
Two of the convicts, leaders in the
spectacular break over the prison
walls, were Roger (Terrible) Touhy,
A, and Hugh Basil (The Owl Bang
hart, Al, one time the Nations top
ranking public enemies, who were
serving 99-year terms for kidnapping.
Two guards and a civilian en-
ploye were wounded in the daylight
assault by the convicts, five Of whom
ned In guards automobile parked
outside the prison.
"Shoot to Kill'' Orders.
"Shoot to kill" orders were issued
as county and city police joined the
full State police force in patrolling
highways and barricading intersec-
tions, particularly leading toward
Chicago, 40 miles northeast.
Warden E. H. Stubblefield said
that while officials were certain as
to the manner in which five of the
prisoners escaped, it was not for
some time after the break that
guards found that two other con-
victs were missing. They were Ed
ward Darlak, 81, serving 1879 years
for numbering policeman, and ST.
Clair McInerney, 81, serving life
term as habitual criminal.
Although the warden said it ap-
peared they also had escaped in the
confusion, he ordered guards to
search the prison and its grounds
There are about $500 inmates in the
prison. Guards, working on three
shifts, number 240
Truck Driver Knocked Down.
The warden, absent at the time of
the break, said his investigation dis
clsoed that Touhy and Banghart,
both imprisoned for the $4,000
kidnapping of John (Jake the Bar
ber) Factor of Chicago in 1888, and
other prisoners were talking to Jack
Cito, convict truck driver, outside
the bakery. Touhy hit Cito with a
pair of scissors, knocked him down
and drove the truck across the
prison yard to the mechanical shop.
There, he cut the telephone wires
and apparently by signal, Bang
hart, carrying gun, came through
window. They forced Samuel
johnson, a guard, to give them two
ladders and ordered him and an
other guard and William Dahler,
shop foreman, to get in the truck
with them.
Already in the truck were three
other convicts-James O'Connor, 35,
who had escaped twice before from
Statewide, and William Stewart, 43,
and Matthew Nelson. 40, both serv-
ing life sentences as habitual Grim
inals.
Guard Wounded.
They drove to, the west wall, fired
at Guard Herman Kross in the tower
and wounded him. Then they beat
johnson, forced him to climb with
them to the tower where they stole
Mr.. Kross' prison keys and his auto
mobile key. Mr.. Dahler, in the mean
time, escaped from the truck. After
seizing two rifles, part Of the tower
armament, Mr.. Kross pistol and ex-
ira ammunition, the five escaped
down the outside steps and drove
away in Mr.. Kross' car.
Both Banghart and Touhy have
long criminal records, and the for
mer has record of fleeing prisons,
including an escape from the Me-
nard, Ill, Penitentiary in 1885. The
two, with Gus Schaefer and Al
(Pollynose) Kator, who died in 1910,
were convicted of the Factor kid
naping in 1884. Factor, records of
the case disclosed, paid $4,000 to the
Touhy gang that once ruled Chi
cago's northwest side.
Factor Asks Protection.
Factor, under Federal indictment
and awaiting trial at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, for an alleged 100000 mail
fraud in whisky certificates, asked
the States attorneys Office for spe-
cial protection when he learned Of
the prison break. A police detail
was ordered to watch his luxurious
apartment on the fringe of Chicago's
Gold Coast.
He told police, 1--WE had about six
anonymous telephone threats during
the past year, all to the effect that
If 1t was the last thing I did, Touhy
would get out and take care of me-"
The manhunt for the escaped con-
victs was being pursued by the
largest motorized posse in the States
history, 1t. Thomas Kelly of the
States attorneys Office said 1t in
cluded "a squad cars manned by
more than $50 policemen.
Speeding Auto Chased.
Police squads were concentrated
especially on highways leading into
Chicago. Shortly after the escape a
dark colored sedan carrying three
or more men" sped west at about
IS miles an hour past a line of
motorists being questioned by two
State policemen at Wolf road and
Lake street near suburban Melrose
Park. One of the policemen was
nearly run down by the car. The
two gave chase but were outdis-
tanced and lost their quarry near
Elmhurst.
Capt. Daniel Gilbert of the States
attorneys Office ordered visits to the
homes of relatives and known asso-
ciates of the fugitives, and carefully
scrutinized the lists of visitors who
had called on each prisoner in an
effort to learn the identity of persons
outside the prison who might have
assisted in the escape.
After receiving information that
Banghart was something OF pilot
State police posted guards at all air.
ports to thwart any attempt to
utilize that means OF escape.
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