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I hey must be planning some.;-thing,” Randolph said. He point-' ed out that Newberry’s time would have been up in March, 1958, . Strange would have gpne before the parole board for consideration in October this year, and Carlile would have been due for release| Nov. 30, 1959.i Murphy’s term would not have run out before June, 1964.■j “Judging from their records,| thev mav be planning a holdup,”11 he added.Investigations are under way to see if a 2:31 a. m. robberv in East St. Louis might have been 'jcommitted by the fugitives. William Garrett, 43, of Gumbo. Mo.,i 1 reported to police four men beat and robbed him of S85 at a Southern Railway crossing.The manhunt, initiated bj Warden Randolph as soon as checks proved the men were not in other parts of the dormitory, involved both Illinois and Missouri state police, all prison guards, about 250 men not actively on post in the prison, and countv sheriffs’ forces throughout t h e area.An attempt to pick up the trail by bloodhounds failed because of night-long rains. Roadblocks an air search, and house-to-house checks also were used.Prison officials reoorted a com-
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale, Illinois, US
Mon, Jul 29, 1957
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