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JarmaczHurled\» •• i tFrom Patroli..Recaptured,■J:nSUFFERING s fractured skullwhen he wit thrown from the police patrol wagon . as ho at* tempted to prevent the escape of a prisoner, Patrolman John S. Jarmacz is. in critical condition in St* Joseph’s Hoaplthl. 1'The prisoner, Leroy Levi Har* . ring ton, 804 S. McBride st., made' 5 good his escape but wjur captured t * by policQ several blocks from the scene of the accident. .'.In a statement at police head*quarters today, Harrington denied he threw the patrolman from the wagon or that he used an \ron slaw he wears.fo ra left arm to attack the officer.JARMACZ was reported 'uncon* scious and could hot be questioned concerning the* accident.’ Harrington ,to'gether with* Le-roy Alford, 716 S. Townsend st„ was arrested by Detectives Alfred Fredenbcrg and Thomas Reap early ihisjroornlng. One of them was to be charged with’operating a car wllthout an operator’s license.The prisoners were being taken to headquarters by* Patrolmen Jarmacz: and Raymond Kempf, thelatter driving the wagon and .Jarmacz seated in the back with thetwo men.TUB ATTEMPTED escape occur red in the 300 block of 7. Genesee st. Kempf said he heard a thud, stopped the . wagon and turned around to' see Jarmacz lying in the street. Both prisoners, hq said, were out of the wagon;Kempf went - to call an ambulance and theif returned to administer first aid to his companion. Alford, he said, was standing In the crowd of people and he put him back Into the wagon. Harrington's artificial arm, according to Kampf, was lying 10 feet from Jarmacz. The , wristband from Jarmacz*. watch was still on his arm, but. the -case contents were found about 40 feet from the spot where he landed.* . 21I1ti
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Syracuse Herald Journal
Syracuse, New York, US
Sat, Aug 30, 1947
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