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One Convict Still A Large. Damned Emborrassin g, Say Warden After Secorv Breakout.FORT MADISON. Iowa lt;AP-Authorities on both sides of th Missisippi River sought today th last of six Iowa convicts wh sawed their way out of the stal penitentiary Sunday.If was the second such eseap from the century-old gray walle institution in three months. Fou long-term prisoners sawethrough outside window bars a Ior overpowering guards last June They were recaptured next dajOne of Sunday's escapees Oharls Robert Wallerick. 25. ua captured today by Illinois Stat Police in Dallas City, 111., acros the river from Iowa.Still at large was Arllie Ham son Elliott, 25. who drove a stolei car through a police roadblocl north of Fort Madison, crashei the bullet punctured auto in ; ditch and fled on foot.Three of the convicts held ; minister's wife and her three chil dren hostage more than 2’ a houn before they gave up Sunday. A1 though threatened, the family watnot hurt.The other prisoner was captured in the woods near the prison shortly after the 9 a.m. breal dren hostage more than 21: hours before they gave up Sunday. A! though threatened, the family was not hurt.The other prisoner was captured in the woods near the prison shortly after the 9 a.m. break Sunday.The six men, armed with homemade knives, broke out during prison church services.“This is damned embarrassing.” said Warden John Bennett. Those guys knew they couldcut through the bars, after those four convicts did it last June.Three of Sunday’s escapees surrendered withoul a struggle after holding a Fort Madison minister’s wife, her two children and a neighbor boy at knife point for 2‘ 2 hours. The fouiih was captured in the woods near the prison shortly after the 9 a.m. break.A house-by-hou.se search was launched for the two at large.The Rev. William W. Swift was away conducting services at St. Luke's Episcopal Church here and in a mission at Montrose, when three of the escapees, Charles Carlyle. 30. Ronald Bossier, 22. and Samuel Parras, 40. broke into his house less than a mile from the prison.Mrs. Swift, and her children Olivia, 5. Bill. 3, and Charles, 10weeks, were home.One of them 'Parras) had a nasty cut over his eye, and his blood made an unholy mess of our, upstairs bathroom. Mrs. Swift Otherwise they did no damage to us or the house, and they even helped warm a bottle for thebaby.” , uThe convicts held a kitchenknife in Mrs. Swift’s back when » neighbor boy, Robert Thomas Jr., 17, called up and offered to come over and keep her company.!They made me tell Robert toj come over, and then they made a prisoner of him, too,” Mrs. Swift :said. ,I tried to run away once, and j get the children out the door. But they caught me and made me callthe children back ”The three were captured about IV.30 a.m. by Deputy Prison Warden Bernard Nelson, a member ! of the Rev. Mr. Swift’s church who ' had been at the Swift home many itimes t‘ The Thomas youth had signalledto police that the convicts were ] in the house. Nelson broke into the basement, crept up the stairs 1 and got the drop on the convicts.\nother escapee. Wilbur Bil- i ha in. 28, was captured earlier a short distance from the prison.Still at large were Charles Robert Wallerick. 25, and Arlie Harrison Elliot, 25. ;All the convicts had been serv-,tng sentences of 10 years or more. ^
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Mount Vernon Register News
Mount Vernon, Illinois, US
Mon, Aug 24, 1959
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