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Convict Hurt | By Ga. Posse Still At Large I.BUFORD (AP)—Escaped eon* I vict Richard Thomas, apparently I wounded by a shotgun blast fired I by a member of a posse, was still I at large today. IGeorge Brewer, 17, and Harold I Newman, 26, were captured after I the three escaped Friday but I Thomas, 24, gave bloodhounds the I shake by swimming through a Ilake. IThe trio escaped the Buford I Rock Quarry prison by Jumping I a fence and driving off in a truck 11 parked outside the quarry gate I with the motor running* IThey ran between two guard I towers ae guards* filled the truck I cab with bullet holes. IThey abandoned the truck after I a four-mile dash In a wooded area I near U.S. 23 where Brewer and I Newman were picked up almost Iimmediately. IBrewer of aacjusob, iy., wm II serving a term of 10-16 years for I armed urobbtry and Newman a I life sentence for murder. 1Newman was sentenced In 106811 after he and a companion beat a I guard to death In an escape from I the Burke County Public Works I camp where he was serving a I term for forgery. IThomas, once known as At- Ilanta’a “diaper'* bandit, was serv- I ing a term of 16-20 years on 11 I counts of robbery in Fulton Coun- I ty. He received hie nickname I from a series of armed robberies I in which he wore a baby diaper I for a mask. IWarden Hubert Smith said he Iwould make an investigation. I
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Thomasville Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Sat, Jul 23, 1960
Page 7
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