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Four Iowa escapees foiled by boy and locals
Four inmates escaped Fort Madison prison and hid in a stolen car until a 4 year old farm boy Jimmy Conway identified them from news pictures. Authorities chased the group across southern Iowa. two houses were robbed but all four surrendered after a gunfire threat. They face return to the state penitentiary.
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Albia
Iowa
Iowa State
Fort Madison
Monroe County
Lloyd Woodson
Quincy
Ill
Albert Maxwell Boerger
Robert Jones
Fairfield
Elun Girdler
Peoria
Jimmy Conway
George Conway
Conway
Georgetown
Jimmy
Sheriff's Office
Clair G. Bates
Robert Glenn
Bates