Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1915 — Murderer of Delphi Night Officer Almost Broke Jail. [ARTICLE]

Murderer of Delphi Night Officer Almost Broke Jail.

Prisoners in the Frankfort jail made an effort to saw themselves to liberty. By means of a chissel and a metal saw made from a ease knife, several prisoners, including Charles and Oscar Lawson, Vknce Loten and others, the prisoners had made a hole 15 inches in diameter through" the steel and brick wall. The sheriff learned of the plans of escape and with other officers was on hand when the delivery was to take place. William Morris, a burglary suspect, was the first man to put his head and shoulders through the hole. He saw the officers and turned back. Charles Lawson, who murdered Nightwatch Scallon, of Delphi, was the second in line. After Sheriff Miller had been tipped off about the plans for escape a dictophone was attached to the wall hear the place where the hole was being chisseled and this instrument kept the officers informed of the progress of the work. When the hole was about done the officers stationed themselves to greet the prisoners.