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Monday, October 19, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Two Missouri inmates at large after jail break
The Associated Press
NEOSHO, Mo. — Five inmates broke out of the Newton County Jail last night after two of the prisoners overpowered and beat a jailer, officials said.
Two inmates were recaptured on or near the jail grounds and a third was caught on the outskirts of Neosho, a southwestern Missouri town of 9,400 residents, said Newton County Sheriff Mark Bridges.
About 70 area lawmen rushed to Neosho to aid in the search for the two fugitives, who are considered armed and dangerous, Bridges said.
The escape began about 7:15 p.m. when two inmates rushed a metal door as jailer John Naylor was opening it, knocking him down. The inmates then beat the jailer with a heavy handle of a large cooking pan, Bridges said. Naylor was in stable
condition at Sale Memorial Hospital in Neoosh.
After the two inmates rushed the guard, they and three other prisoners walked out the open door and slipped out a third-floor window of the jail onto a fire escape, Bridges said. They climbed to the roof, then shinned down on a cable on an outside wall to the ground.
About five other prisoners in the jail could have followed the escapees but did not, Bridges said. The two prisoners who beat the jailer were among the three who were recaptured. Bridges said.
The two prisoners still at large are Rodney L. Gann, who was serving a sentence for armed robbery, and Warren G. Lett, who was serving a sentence for burglary and probation violation, Bridges said.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Police said a teen-age girl who apparently has the mental age of a 1-year-old was found abandoned in an airport restroom yesterday with a note saying, "God take care of her, because I can't."
Cooper said she responded like an infant.
"She had a baby bottle with her when she was found, and when one tries to take it away from her, he says, 'I mustn't untouch.' he said. "It is a very sad story."
By yesterday night, officials had not been able to identify the girl.
The girl, who appeared to be in her mid- to late teens, was found before dawn in a restroom at Springfield police dispatcher Todd Cooper.
The hand-written note found with the girl was signed, but officials could not make out the name, Cooper said. The note was found inside a diaper bag near the girl.
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The girl was apparently unable to talk or walk, and often curied up in a fetal position.
Accident
Retarded girl deserted at airport in Missouri
on 15th street, four-tenths of a mile ahead of the officer, when the officer turned from the parking lot onto 15th Street.
The Associated Press
Brothers said that when the officer came over the hill the accident had already occurred. The officer called in his pursuit when he turned on his car and hit a tree. In seconds later he made a second call about the accident, Brothers said.
According to the Lawrence police report, an eastbound Toyota driven by Deborah D. Bruhs, a Lawrence resident, 1334 Westbrooke, was struck by the motorcycle while the car was waiting to turn left onto Westbrooke.
Hinshaw's motorcycle traveled over the car and landed 283 feet from the crash site. Hinshaw was thrown from the cycle, rolled over a small tree and landed 271 feet from the cyclie, police said. His left forearm was completely severed in the accident.
The other motorcyclist did not stop at the accident scene. Police have interviewed witnesses but as of Sun Sept. 25, there had not been found. Brothers said.
KU police took Hinshaw's limb to Lawrence Memorial Hospital immediately after the accident Hinshaw was flown Saturday afternoon from Lawrence Memorial to the Med Center in Kansas City in a Life Flight helicopter.
Hinshaw's arm had a good blood supply and was warm, but medical personnel would have to watch the arm closely over the next 48 hours before a prognosis could be made. Berry said.
Berry said another operation probably would be performed this afternoon.
Hinshaw may be cited for reckless driving, racing and operating a motorcycle without a motorcycle driver's license, the report said.
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