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HARVEY STANLEY ESCAPES EROM JAILi Rock Creek Man Saws BarsI ‘And Makes Getaway.EVIDENTLY GOT 01T IN BROAD DAY LIGHT AND DINA1TE VREP.Evidence! of Outside Help And of Plan For a General Jail Break Found by Officers,ciihi'ni-ycfkdlvP-1010dt)nInHiIKo-*n1,.pyorndysHintngarrtn-)Uthoseith80asIVOla-ir-Sawing the bars of his cell, Harvey Stanley, In jail awaiting trial for sta-tatury crime, made his escape in broad daylight yesterday and has not since boon located. Stanley was in the cell in tlie morning and his absence was discovered about 5 o’clock last evening when Deputy Sheriff W. O. Thompson went to give him his evening meal and lock him up in the Inner cell for the night. It is assumed iIjhi Lie escaped from the room early in the day and entered the kitchen of the court house through the same window through which the other prisoners who escaped some months ago did and that he then calmly walked down stairs and out. It isconsidered probable that the escapetook place about noon. Tliere were three other prisoners in the room: Mike Ryan, u federal prisoner; William Gardner, whose trial on a statutory charge is held this afternoon, and R. (\ Gregg, charged with burglary. None of the other prisoners would give any information about the escapee. There Is evidence to show that there was a conspiracy for a general break and that assistance was given from the outside. A key was found in a place above the ceiling where the saw had boon hidden during anil after the operation of sawing the bars. What the exact plan was is unknown. Only one bar was sawed and the space opened was not large enough for anyone but Stanley to pass through. The window was the same thrown which two prisoners previously escaped, but the bars have been firmly bolted in since and cannot be pushed out as was formerly the case. Sheriff Kendall was In Boise at the time and Deputy Thompson was in the office a good part of the day, and felt safe as the prisoners were all behind bars 1n the morning.No trace of the escaped man had been found up to the time of going to press. Stanley and Fay Cox of Mur-taugh, were arrested recently on a statutory charge. Cox is out on bond but Stanley, who once served a term in the penitentiary for grand larceny, could not find bondsmen.
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Twin Falls Times
Twin Falls, Idaho, US
Thu, Jun 29, 1916
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