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jail and they saw no more of him.fled by FreightMathes, Rossi and Flaminf fled’ to Chicago Heights by way of two freight trains, it was learned. They traveled as far as Manhattan on tlje Michigan Central, then transferred to an eastbound £L J. E. train. This device, plus lack of co-ordination among the numerous police agencies participating i in the search, enabled them to get | into town undetected. They left j the train near the General Chemi- jcal company plant and. probablywith the aid of an unidentified motorist, found a hideout southwest of Sieger.But on Tuesday Captain John Costabile learned they had been | seen in Chicago Heights. He noti-I fied Sergeant Alexander Maylath f of the county police, and a force of city and county police then renewed the search. Later they were joined by Chief Nicholas Fornanzo and a squad from the Joliet city police.Four Are QuestionedPicked up for questioning were Joseph Tocco, 110 East Twenty-third street: Emilio Panici, 168 East Twenty-fourth street, andJames Flamini, a brother ofCharles. Tocco, Panici and James Flamini had been recognized by an East side service station at- j tendant who saw them Monday in ■ an auto with either two or three of the escaped prisoners, police .said.Acting on information obtained from Panici, police then called on Paul Tieri at his home near Western avenue south of Thirty-fourth street. After first denying any knowledge of the case. Tierl ' ffventually admitted, according to police, that the three fugitives had stopped at his place late Monday.
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Homewood Flossmoor Star
Homewood, Illinois, US
Fri, Aug 29, 1941
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