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12 Georgia inmates still at large after big prison escape
Bloodhounds were sent to south Georgia to flush out 12 escapees from the Decatur County Correctional Institution. A guard was fired after being tricked into opening the front gate. Kenneth Browning turned himself in briefly. John Allen and Horace Johnson were captured. Eddie Bethea was shot in the shoulder while fleeing with Carey Mathis.
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Bainbridge
Department of Offender Rehabilitation
Kenneth Browning
Atlanta
John P. Allen
Albany
Horace L. Johnson
Athens
Eddie L. Bethea
Mobile
Ala
Carey Mathis
Buena Vista