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Fourscapees From CountyCaptured in Four Hours at LovingtonHOBBS — Foult;* prisoners who escaped from the county jail at Lovington Wednesday by grabbing the night jailer when he opened a cell door to hand them mops and buckets, were recapturedhours later. One was retakenabout an hour and a half after his escape. The other three were captured at 10 a.m. in Lovington, three hours after they had fltd.James II. Jackson, 39, of Hobbs, was recaptured by Capt. Herbert Cunningham of the Lovington police department. Details of his capture were sketchy because Cunningham returned to the hunt for the other three and could not he reached. However, sheriff’s officials said radio reports from the field indicated that Jackson wastaken while hiding in a barn, probably in the southwestern part of Lovington.Jackson, whose home is at 105 East Gypsy in Hobbs, was held on two counts; obtaining money or property with intent to cheat or defraud, and breaking and entering. He was awaiting district court hearing on the two charges at the time of his escape.The other escapees were retaken at Maxwell Apartments, 106 South Third, the sheriff’s office announced a few minutes after 10a.m.They were:Cecil Ray Rinehart, 23, of 115West Roxana, Hobhs, sentenced onDec, 2 to one to 10 ^ ears for grandlarceny and still held in jail atLovington at the time of his escape for disposition of several misdemeanor charges before being taken to the state penitentiary at Santa Fe.Thomas J. Burleson Jr., 20, noaddress, serving 90 days for pettylarceny, also wanted by Rockport, Texas, authorities on a theft by bailee charge.1 W. Lea, 29, Melrose, held for destruction of county property, also on a detainer from Portales on a forgery charge.Here is the story of how the prisoners escaped as told by R. A. Lambright, 59-year-old night jailer:“1 went into the Du11 pen 'an area protected by bars from(continued on page 2)d'
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Jal Record
Jal, New Mexico, US
Thu, Dec 19, 1957
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