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Escaped During BreakStill at LargeOFFERS NO RESISTANC1Warden Expresses Belie Capture of Sixth Man Ts ImminentBATON ROUGE, La., July 28.-(/f—Weak and hungry after days in hid Ing, Emmett Wattigny, 22, escapeNew Orleans bandit convict, was recaptured today in a small bam 01the Angola state penal farm by iguard posse.Willie Dupont, 19, another New Or leans bandit, who escaped several dayago with Wattigny and four othe convicts has not yet been caught. Hlt; is the only one of the six escape still at large.Does Not Resist Warden Wade H. Long said Wat' tigny was taken without resistance when the guards examined the interior of the bam in their search ancre-search of the extensive penal fam area. .He said the building was only i few hundred yards from the p!ac« where Wattigny and the five othei prisoners broke for liberty while or a work detail, but the warden said he did not believe the fugitive had been there ail along.The warden expressed the opinion that Dupont's capture w*as only a matter of time. It is believed that if he is still on the farm he will be forced by hunger, heat and mosquitoes to surrender eventually.Police On LookoutHis fingerprints and other identifying information have been sent to authorities of Louisiana, Mississippi and other states to facilitate capture in event he has succeeded in slipping through guard lines thrown around the prison reservation boundaries.Wattigny and Dupont are both under heavy sentences for New Orleans banditry.Two of the five recaptured convicts. Cleo Clarkson, serving a three year robbery term, and John Anderson Mew Orleans bandit life termer, both ihot before they were taken, were reported recovering from their wounds.dentification BureauLet* Off F.mnlnvpt
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Monroe News Star
Monroe, Louisiana, US
Thu, Jul 28, 1932
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