Evening star., 1946-04-04
Investigators Feel
Careful PLANNING
Preceded Break

of two condemned murderers
from District Jail yesterday was
carefully planned in advance and
was not the spontaneous affair
it first appeared to be was held
today by investigators working
on the case.
Two suspended guards, who were
overpowered in the barred-in area
off death row" by Joseph D. Med
lev and Earl Mcfarland, have told
investigators, it was learned. that 1t
would have been impossible for the
prisoners to have cut through a
metal roof ventilator with a can
opener in the time they had avail
able, as Medley claimed. The cut
ting, they said, obviously had been
done in advance.
Meanwhile, Maj. Harvey G, Gala
han, superintendent of police, offered
a $500 reward for information lead
ing to McFarland's capture and re-
vealed that his department has re-
ceived more than 1000 tips as to his
whereabouts. Although many obvi-
ously come from cranks, the super
intendent said that as many as pos
sible are being followed up.
Man Flees in Richmond.
= One of the tips came from Rich
mond. where cruising patrolman
last night sought to question a man
resembling Mcfarland The man
fed and has not been located. Nc
Farland once lived in North Caro-
lima, and might be en- route there
via Richmond. Another came from
Baltimore, where a man answering
the convict's general appearance
sought information at a fire sta
ton as to the route to Philadelphia
The FBI circularized post Offices
throughout the country with
piacard carrying two different pic
lures of Mcfarland. a minute physi-
cal description of him and a long
list of the aliases he has used in
the past. The picture is captioned:
Wanted by FBI. Dangerous es-
capped murderer" FBI headquar-
tiers here also alerted its field Offices
everywhere to be on watch for the
criminal,
The bare possibility that McFar-
land, former Marine, might have
escaped in stolen automobile
emerged today when Marine Corpl.
Richard De Filippo, stationed aboard
the Dauntless, yacht of Admiral
Ernest J. King. reported that a
car he had left parked at Eighth
and I streets Sc. Tuesday night
was missing yesterday morning. He
said that the automobile, a Chrysler
convertible coupe bearing Connec-
ticut license 2X-704, was heavily
decorated with Marine Corps in
sigma and might have attracted
McFarland's attention for that
reason.
Medley Found in Pipe.
Medley, who escaped with Nc
Farland, was recaptured by two
Metropolitan policemen late. yester-
day as he hid in an empty drain
pipe along the bank of the Ana
costa River near Sousa Bridge.
Meanwhile. Inspector Clarence
Talley, who has been questioning
Medley at the Jail, revealed that the
prisoner had told him that only the
fact he had not driven a car for
II years prevented his escape in an
automobile owned by Hubert c. Da-
Wis, one of the overpowered guards
The other was Oscar c. Sanderlin
Medley told the inspector he knew
Davis car was parked across the
street from the Jail and he took
the key from the guard after bind
ing him. He said he was afraid
to use the car, however, as he had
not driven for years and was afraid
he would wreck it, He and McFar-
land fled on foot through a field
behind Gallinger Hospital after
descending from the jail's penthouse
on a rope Of sheets
Two Guards Arrested.
The two guards involved in the
sensational escape of the two mur-
derers, with whom they had been
playing cards in the the area off
their cells, were released under
$1,000 bond following their arraign-
ment on charges of permitting pris-
oners to escape through negligence.
Medley, 45-year -old slayer of Mrs.
Nancy Boyer following a card game
in her Sixteenth street apartment
last year, was recaptured by two
(See JAIL BREAK, Page A-2D