Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1917 — RIG OUT OF JAIL AND ESCAPE [ARTICLE]

RIG OUT OF JAIL AND ESCAPE

Knox, January 11. —Conrad Carpenter, 20 years old, and Frank Bolen, 25, whose trial for minor crimes was to have taken place today, dug their way out of the county jail here last night and are still at large. The men were tracked e/Hy this morning Jnto the Kankakee swamps, where the trail was lost. The escape is the fourth from the jail within the last four years fend the county commissioners will be petitioned to build a new jail. ",