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Jack Vanderpool, 27, Sand wich, listed as one of four men who escaped from the Kane county jail at Geneva Friday night, and at large today, is one of a trio of men captured in Ma zon as they were about to rob the Mazon State bank on July 7, 1954. Vanderpool was taken by then Sheriff John E. G. Olson at ma chinegun point on Mazon's main street. Prior to receiving sentences to Stateville prison in court here the trio made an at tempt to escape the Grundy county jail on Sept. 20, 1954 by sawing the bars in their cells. James Bell who at the time was chief deputy, was credited with thwarting the jail break. John Falduto cornered the escapee in a hallway where he surrendered. Olmstead and three other in mates of the Kane County jail gained their freedom Friday by a ruse. Jailer Harry Stiles, 60, of Aurora, said Olmstead called to him from a cell, asking a chance to telephone his mother, apparently to let her know he had been sentenced to prison. The jailer opened the cell block door to escort Olmstead to the telephone. Immediately, Stiles said, Olmstead and three other prisoners rushed him, knocked him down and stabbed him. The prisoners ran downstairs, through the basement kitchen and out an unlocked door. In addition to Olmstead, Kane County authorities identified the escapees as Jack Vanderpool, 27, Sandwich, Ill.; Marvin Mo lenda, 18, and Charles Seiberg, 19, both of Aurora. Stiles was hospitalized for treatment of an abdominal stab wound, inflicted by an unidenti fied weapon. Olmstead had been sentenced in Circuit Court Friday to one to five years in prison for de frauding banks by opening (Continued on Page 3)
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Morris Daily Herald
Morris, Illinois, US
Sat, Apr 18, 1959
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