Stabbing one guard over the hem and injuring two others, five con-viers today seized four pistols in a daring escape from the Prison Farm here.
The convicts commandeered a truck which was last seen travelling toward the mountains.
Joe Lazear, the guard who was stabbed over the heart, was in a serious condition. Three convicts are American youths and the fourth member is a negro. They are Tony James Bailey, J: P. Van Richards Johnson and Columbus Reece, negro.
Armed deputies tonight captured two of five prisoners who escap from the State prison farm here today after stabbing a guard and wounding two other persons. The pair was captured at Coolidge Dam.
The two convicts, J. P. Van Winkle, 20, and Richards Johnson, 19, were returned to the farm as deputies from five counties surrounded" the others in the mountainous region on the San Carlos Apache reservation. Those still eluding searching parties were Tony Meyers, 23, James Bailey, 20, and Columbus Reece, 31-year-old negro—United Press.
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