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38 Hostages Freed
From Convicts in
Wash. Escape Try
By JOHN KOMEN
MONROE, Wash., W — Thirty
eight hostages held for 13V£ terror
filled hours 'by four “kill crazy”
young convicts were freed un
harmed at the State Reformatory <
yesterday in a surprise tear gas
attack.
Armed officers carried ou the
rescue at 4:03 a.m., two hours
before the third and latest dead
line set by the rebelling prison
ers. Reformatory officials said it
went "like clockwork.”
The reebls, who had armed
themselves with butcher knives
and long forks in the kitchen
Tuesday afternoon in the abortive
escape attempt, threatened vio
lence only to the three guards
held hostage.
One of the guards, Hugh De
Walt, said the desperadoes told
the officers to start praying be
cause they would be thrown out
of the window dead if their de
mands for freedom were not met.
Twenty-five visitors,. many of
them women and children, and 11
other prisoners who had been vis
iting relatives were seized along
with the three guards.
One woman was released from
the barricaded visitors’ room dur
ing the night when she became ill.
The others were held until the up
rising ended. All outsiders and the
11 hostage inmates were treated
fairly well.
The four rebels were quickly
subdued as the tear gas sent the
occupants stumbling, weeping and
choking, from the room.
The four were ordered placed
in isolation.
Lawrence Delmore, state super
visor of adult correction, praised
the reformatory staff for the
smoothly executed rescue.
“We picked the time; we picked
the battlefield,” he said.
_ “We knew from 11 p.m. on what
w'e were going to do. It was a
matter of allowing enough time
so that the women and children
would be down asleep. We didn’t
want anybody to get hurt.
Mary Turner, 24, wife of one
of 11 inmates held hostage, said
she was asleep holding her baby
when the officers rushed the door.
Mrs. Turner said everyone was
calm throughout the attack.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russ Hermann, Vice President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
HERB JENKS, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ash Craft
President
| Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER, President
VESTA SUNDSTROM. Seely.
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