Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1903 — MAN AND WOMAN BREAK JAIL [ARTICLE]

MAN AND WOMAN BREAK JAIL

Prisoners in Peoria Prison Escape by Using a Case Knife. Peoria, 111., special: A daring jail delivery occurred here, two prisoners escaping from the third floor of the Peoria county jail by means of a rope made from the blankets on their beds. Fred Smith, accused of being a horse thief, and Veda White are the fugitives. Sheriff Potter had confined Smith, the White woman, Smith’s wife, who was allowed to visit him, and one other woman in a large cell. Smith got a case knife and removed the screws which held the bars in place. The prisoners were met outside the jail by Earl Updike, who drove them to a railroad station outside the city.