Word: duchowski
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...Stateville penitentiary (four of them were already murderers, one of them was only 19, three of them were Mexicans) talked feverishly together. Why not be free? Part of it was easy-they had a crowbar and several pairs of scissors. Deputy Warden Peter N. Klein resisted them. Convict Duchowski, who had killed a Chicago policeman, broke the Warden's skull with the crowbar; others stabbed him with their scissors. One thing remained. They must help Nathan F. Leopold Jr., the boy who killed for a thrill, escape with them. "His old man has lots of cash," they said...
...point of a pair of scissors they forced Capt. John Kelley to lead them out of the penitentiary grounds. Casually, they climbed in Deputy Klein's car, drove away- free men. That night, a posse recaptured five of them. Weeks later, Duchowski was found on the Mexican border. One, James Price, is still free...
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