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2! U.S. CONVICTS 'ESCAPE
(United Press Association—By Electric
Telegraph—Copyright.)
NEW YORK, February 17
A message from Granite, in Oklahoma, State, says that tweiitvone. long-term , convicts have affected a daring escape from the State Refornxitnry there. They escaped while a group of visitors, including women and children were inspecting the institution.
All of the prisoners wer t , equipped with smuggled pistols. They partially made use of the visitors as a shield, and they forced the keepers to open the gate. Tn an exchange• of fire, one of thp keepers was killed, while three of the convicts were wounded and captured. The remainder, eighteen in number made their escape in stolen automobiles.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1935, Page 5
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