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THE CITIZEN-ADVERTISER. AUBURN. N Y . THURSDAY. AUGUST 9. 1973 - 2Roadblockwork of roadblocks as far norlh as the Canadian border and have beefed up ground patrols in an effort to track down the ex-convict who has avoided capture since the July 29 slaying of an 18 year old who was camping with friends, i UPI .State Trooper from Troop B Plattsburgh asks a Mineville resident Wednesday if she has seen Robert F. Garrow Sr.. an elusive ex-convict sought on a murder warrant. On board at left is photo of Garrow. State Police have set up a netOptimism guides search in Adirondack manhuntWITHKRBKK. N Y. i APi-Guided by the CmkwO. Mau . and the disappearance ol optimism of their commander but with no Porters girlfriend. Susan Petr. 21. of clues, searchers hit the trail again today in Skokie. 111. The two were camping in the their Nceth Country search for Robert Garrow Sr.. wanted in the murder of a Schenectady teen-ager A Stale Police trooper told reporters late Wednesday the search would continue unchanged from a report issued earlier in the evening The report said searchers unearthed nothing new while pushing through the woods around this northern New York community on lake Champlain State Police Maj Donald Ambfer said he had every reason to believe that the elusive Garrow was still somewhere in the woods which his ITS troopers were combing But Amtier admitted the basis for his confidence was that, I am a natural bom optimist.Garrow . 37, of Syracuse, is charged in the killing of Philip ftomblewski. 18. who was slabbed to death while tied to a tree near Speculator in Hamilton County, about 60 miles southwest of here State police say thes also want to question Garrow in the stabbing death of Daniel Porter. 22. ofAdirondack' less than SO miles from the Itomblewski killing site when Porter was slain July 20 The search for Garrow jumped to Wither bee. where Garrow grew up. early TuesdayThe Syracuse mechanic apparently stole a car from the Speculator area and drove more than 60 miles to the home of his sister, Mrs Charles Mandy, for a midnight visit The neighbors say the visit was conducted with stale police less than 60 yards away But Garrow was not 'potted by troopers The 11-day manhunt has been marked by close calls for ('.arrow State Police have chased his car down a rural Hamilton County road and pursued an armed woodsman believed to be Garrow through the woods Each time he escaped.The searches dunng daylight hocrs involve atwut 175 troopers with bloodiounds and helicopters At night the force is cut back to 100 troopersno\A/c
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Auburn Citizen Advertiser
Auburn, New York, US
Thu, Aug 09, 1973
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