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fMURDERER OFPOLICEMAN ISBACK IN JAILLouis C. Vandervoort, Escaped Convict, RecapturedaV*1-1-□t1-inn.asteEh2d21irofreer¥rileatigneQOiyieign.es3-ofDIs;8.i-r-igorinfesr-LONDON, O.—Officials of -the London prison farm announced today that Louis C. Vandervoort, 36, slayer of a policeman who escapedfrom the institution last Wednesday, had been captured near Springfield and returned here.Vandervoort was said to have been found by W. B, Thomas, * farmer, in his bam, a mile and a half northwest of Tremont City. Thomas was said to have notified the Clark county sheriff’s office which sent deputies last night to take the fugitive.The three convicts who escaped with Vandervoort from the prison’s hospital ward were captured previously, Charles Adomack, 41, Cleveland, was captured the same day and Nathan King, 47, of Toledo, and Harold Curtner, 39, of Troy, were taken by railroad detectives in Lima last Friday evening.Weak From HungerVandervoort, suffering from tuberculosis, was in weakened condition. He injured his knee while escaping and apparently had little food in his four days of freedom. He was unshaven and extremely nervous. He still was wearing the prison overalls.He was taken to the hosptiat and later was to he put in solitary confinement.Vandervoort was convicted of killing a night policeman during a robbery at Wilmington in 1922.Vandervoort and the others used a home-made toich to cut thru window bars and used an improvised gauze rope to slide to the giound. Vandervoort, like the others, burned his hands in. sliding down the rope.Sheriff George Benliam of Clark county reported that Vandervoort was arrested by Chief Deputy Russell Shirk and Deputy Edward R. Baker. The fugitive was identified at the jail in Springfield,Dog Gives AwayVandervoort was said to have been hiding in a haymow w the bam. A dog’s barking led to his discovery. The deputies found him cowed He had a stick which he apparently used as a cane rather than--a weapon.C. A Keifer. chief clerk at theAprison farm, said Vandervoort wlt;*5 “m sorry condition” when returned to the institution this morningOfficials said he had $8.23 anda penknife m his pockets when captured He was to be questioned later to determine, where he gotthe money.He also had two ears of com. He was quoted as saying he had been living largely on stolen com and farm pioduce.The three men who escapedwith Vandervoort also were placedererrieics-rdy-er 11-inm solitary confinement.Authorities today continued their search for Leslie James Lee, 31 slayer of a private policeman during a Dayton robbery m 1934, and Ephriam Wells, 30, convicted of non-support in Marietta, who v aiked away fiom the prison farm while helping to unload hay Satin day.PRprrepepa10 pe eupaenV tciUcerneP?pewcw tpllt;ttrfo:anm*pi:VI'011Cllanurtoenurnfng£wlrenrnran
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Coshocton Tribune
Coshocton, Ohio, US
Mon, Aug 07, 1939
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