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Break at Texas prison thwarted. three wounded in escape attempt
Huntsville Texas March 7 AP three of five convicts trying to break from the state penitentiary were critically wounded by guards during a failed escape. The men escaped a cell row using a self made key, descended to the death chamber area, overpowered guard Howard Bass, and then were shot as they climbed a wall. Frazier alias Eldridge Johnson shot near the heart. McArthur and Finch also wounded.
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Huntsville
Tex
State Penitentiary
Howard Bass
Bass
Charley Frazier
Eldridge Johnson
Hdward McArthur
Galveston
Pete Finch
Taylor
McClelland
Ellis