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Clerical impostor aids inmate escape in Missouri prison saga
A 1919 case unfolds from St Louis to Stateville Prison where William Evans in clerical garb plotted to free Harry Funk. Evans, a trusted inmate turned would-be liberator, was caught with guns and nitro glycerin inside a car at the main gate.
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Missouri Penitentiary
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Barry Funk
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