Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1912 — SEEKS SANCTUARY; IS SEIZED [ARTICLE]

SEEKS SANCTUARY; IS SEIZED

Condemned to Death, Convict Is Pursued Into Cathedral of Veezprlm In Hungary^ Vienna. —During the icelebratlon of mass in the Cathedral of Veszprim, in Hungary, a man in convict’s clothes burst Into the cathedral and, rushing up the aisle, attempted to conceal himßelf behind the high altar. He was followed by a prison warden with rifle and fixed bayonet Maas was suspended while th& warden chased the convict round and round the high altar and finally captured him. “The refugee was Vendelen Makkos, under sentence of death for the murder of a pawnbroker. He had jumped from one train to another while being escorted from Budapest a few weeks ago, but was recaptured. Later be escaped through a prison window and made for the cathedral, apparently with the idea of obtaining sanctuary.