Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1912 — Prisoner Escapes Jail. [ARTICLE]

Prisoner Escapes Jail.

Evansville. —D. K. Somers, twen-ty-four • years old, held at the county jail under, $3,500 bond on two charges of attempting to defraud Evansville milling companies on forged bills of lading, escaped from jail, walking out of the main entrance while Jailer Sanders was at dinner in the basement. His escape was discovered in ten minutes, and the posheriff’s officers and a private detective agency started a search. No trace of him has been found.