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Reckless Driving Ends 22 Years of Freedom for Prison Escapee
DES MOINES Iowa officials recaptured George Dietsch 54 after a routine fingerprint check revealed his alias John Arthur West. Dietsch fled a Wisconsin farm in 1935 to attend his father's funeral in Oregon and later lived under false names while working on farms and in Iowa mental hospitals. He waived extradition and faces two burglary sentences in Wisconsin.
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