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6 Convicts in State Prison Make Escape4X»ocUt«4 MCanon City, Colo., June 14—An epidemic of escapes from the state pent-tentiar here today sent a squad ol tuardi into th* White Horn mountain!northwest of hero where twq convictswho took French leave of the Snstttu lion Friday were reported to have filched nuns, ammunition and clothing from a ranch house.The pair fled Friday from the prison park, and were reliably reported to have been Identified as the men who took the arms and clothing from the private residence in a.desperate effort to make good their escape. .A total of six convicts have left the penitentiary within a period of approximately a week.The last restless individual: who took French leave waa a Denver holdup who walked away from the prison hog ranch.Earl Combs, 32, one of the two who escaped Friday, was the “go-between” for Danny Daniels and Warden Crawford in the 1829 riot during which the desperado, Daniels, held penitentiary authorities at bay for almost 18 hours before committing suicide. Ho was made a trusty for his services, and was In for a life sentence in payment for murder committed in Gunnison county.CombiT companion, Albert Deand-realc, 18, serving 15 fo 25 years for robbery, loft In the Bamo direction, and on Uieir way-—according to Acting Warden Roy Rest—they staged a raid on the ranch house. Best immediately dispatched a number of hoavily-armed guards to the mountain wilderness immediately upon receiving the report.The convict who escaped from the hog ranch was James Coleman, sentenced to 20 to 30 years for holdups in Denver. A trusty, Kirk Marshal; was frustrated In an attempt to escape today from a ranch owned by the prison east of here. All unarmed convict was found hiding on the roof of tbb prison bakery waiting for nightfall for a chance to slip over the wail.An Insufficient number of: guards was blamed by Best for the epidemic of escapes. Wo have ten guards less than we had six months ago/' he said. In adidtiou, In order to man the prison nine lies properly, we must, make trusties out of a larger number of convicts and tako them outside the walls.”
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Greeley Daily Tribune
Greeley, Colorado, US
Mon, Jun 15, 1931
Page 7
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