MANIAC CONVICTS
'■ ARMED AND*t>ESWBRAT*E.
i f> ,, i APFEIGHT WIDE DISTRICT. v "
PREMISES BARRICADED
(Received 9.5 ia.m.)
NEW YORK, July 23
Tlie officials of the asylum tcr, Illinois, admit,, that 227 SiiSsafce convicts participate;:! in the 'riot. The majority of those who escaped" arfe believed to be rimmed and • $11. are, desperate characters-. j Business is" ; su&peiided in all the neighbouring towns, while ' armed guards patrol the streets and shops ami dwellings are* barricaded and large forces are scouring the hills in ] search of 25. escapees still at. large.— A. and N.Z. !
BLOODHOUNDS _ REQUISITIONED. OUTSIDE CONSPIRATORS.' " (Received 10.30 a.m.j NEW YOP-K, July 24. \ A telegram from Chester, 'Illinois, ■ays that 17 of the insane convicts arc still ot large. They are being hunted "by bloodhounds. Eight fugitives were recaptured during the night. The authorities believe that a general escape of all the prisoner? was planned by outside confederates. who smuggled knives and weapons into the o:;*jfc..se pen.— A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 25 July 1923, Page 5
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