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VELMA WEST’S 'READY ACCESSTO KEYS TOLDMrs. Reilley Says Escaped Husband - Slayer Could Have Made ImpressionMORE INMATES GRILLEDWoman Placed In Correctional Cells For Failure To Answer QuestionsMARYSVILLE, 0., June 21— Idts. Marguerite Reilley, superintendent of Marysville women’s ve-foi matory. revealed today that Velma West, hammer slayer who; ♦soaped Monday with three other 1 prisoners*, had access to master Leys of the prison almost daily. !in her trusty position of usher, for visitors, the fox-faced. . year-old prisoner who beat her husband to death near Painesvillewith a hammer and table leg in 3 027 was given keys which would open cells, corridor and outside doors.She always turned them in after taking Visitors thru the in- [ ulitulian, but she would have had nil opportunity to make an im-prcsaion of the keys from which I duplicates could have been made/’ ■ Mrs. Reilley said.lt; HACKS DOWN OS INMATES(’racking down in an effort to break the silence of women’s re- ; fur matory inmates suspected of knowing * how the four prisoners made their escape. Supl. Reilley placed another inmate in a correctional cell for failure to answer questions “satisfactorily.”Mary Rooso, 'I-'., of Batavia, mother of two children who is serving a one to seven-year sentence for grand larceny, was placed with Lenova Leach. 2b, and Catherine Metzger, .’IS, in the punishment cells as a relentless questioning of inmates continued-Mrs. Reilley said the Rooso woman's quarters were near a corridor grill thru which Mrs. West, hiisbambslayev, and three others made their way outside the institution early Monday.Mr. Rooso denied making noise In conceal the escape as charged by the superintendent.REN V AI BING IN ESCAPEMrs. Leach, sentenced for parsing a hacksaw blade tr. her husband while in the Gallipoli* jail, and Mrs. Metzger, serving a one to 20-year forgery sentence, were(Continued On Page Four)
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The Lima News
Lima, Ohio, US
Wed, Jun 21, 1939
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