Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-14
Five Armed Convicis
Seized With HOSTAGE
In 3-State Manhunt
BY the Assoeiaied Press

BY the Associuted Press I
BOSTON, Aug. 1.-THE FBI
today hung kidnapping charges.
punishable by life terms, on i've
reckless convicts recaptured last
night 81 hours after they broke
out OF Norfolk Prison Colony
taking guard as hostage. The
guard was unframed.
For one night and one day Of
freedom the desperate i've, be-
tween rs and 40 years old, thus
snapped State sentences ranging
from 6 to II years for almost
certain life terms.
In a heavily guarded court
room, both legs and arms man.
acled, the escapers were ar
raigned two at a time today be-
fore a United States commits
sioner at the Federal Building.
Held in $4,000 Bail.
The first two to appear, James
L. Schworm, 81, Of Maiden,
Mass, and Martin F. Feeney, 80,
of Boston, were held in $50, 900
bail with surety.
Another of the quintet, Rich
ard Lavoie, 40. of Woonsocket,
R. l., was arraigned last night
in Providence, r. L, and held in
100000 bail.
Schworm. known as cleaning
shop bandit, had been serving 6
to 8 years for 16 Boston holdups.
Feeney, a veteran Of four prison
breaks, was doing IL to Is years
for armed robbery of a Belmont
bank. Lavoie'S term was 6 to 10
years for robbing a Whittinsyille
supermarket in 1852.
Guard Hostage Unframed.
The guard hostage, Walter F.
De Adder, 20, of Lawrence, who
spent Is terror-fiIled hours in
the escapers' hands, was rescued
unframed. A Pawtucket garage
mechanic, Peter Cherniavski, SO.
also taken hostage by the fleeing
convicts, was freed unhurt.
Limping with a broken foot.
LaVoie was captured in the
tall grass of a Pawtucket swamp
land, some II miles from the
Massachusetts, prison colony.
A short time later Connecti-
cut State Police pulled RuseSi
Halliday. 26. of Cambridge. Mass,
and Schworm, from a stolen
car off Route A near Putnam.
about 40 miles from the colony. |
And minutes after, William j. |
Couture, 40. of Tauton, Mass.
and Feeney, surrendered in a
woodland not far from the car.
Tells of Ordeal.
The father of a small daugh-
ter. Mr.. De Adder told his rescu-
erS:
1T was terrible ordeal. They
are five really tough customers.
They were all right to me,
though. They told me that if
I minded my own business and
didn't make a bum move I'd be
all right"
Mr.. Cherniavski was alone in
the garage then four of the
convicts walked in on him, stole
a car and forced him to accom-
pany them.
"The convicts," he related,
stopped the car at a gas sta
ton a block from the garage,
filed UP and had soft drinks
before heading for Route A and
Connecticut.
while crouching in the rear,
I did not know how far we were
on Route A.. They talked about
holing up in Connecticut after
dark"
Mr.. Cherniavski said that
when the car was spotted by
police Halliday grabbed a gun
from Schworm and pointed out
the window to shoot at the
trailing car.
85-Mile-an-Hou Chase.
Don't be a fool Schworm |
said,' Mr.. Cherniavski related.
Halliday didn't shoot. II
could hear only the police 81
rens. The car was speeding |
around IS to 80 miles an hour. |
1.-THE chase must have lasted |
only 2 or 3 minutes. Then
the car swerved sharply, skidded
and stopped short. The two in
the front seat fled. ] got, out |
next, using the door by the
driver. Then Schworm and the
red head (Halliday) followed me.
One of the men who fed seemed
to be dazed. Couture struck his
head on the windshield when
the car stopped.) I hit my head
against the rear. Of the front |
seat"
The convicts, four of whom
escaped from the prison colony
in a mass break May Is. over
powered guards Thursday night |
and grabbed Mr.. De Adder as he
sat in his car outside the prison
and fed in the guards auto.