9 of 19 Escaped Prisoners Recaptured, Feb. 14, 1925

Nine of 19 Escaped Prisoners Held. . . Additional Posses Are on Trail of Another Prisoner and His Capture Is Expected Soon

By the Associated Press

Raleigh, Feb. 14—Nine of the 19 prisoners who escaped from the Caledonia prison farm had been recaptured by noon today, according to George Ross Pou, superintendent of the State prison. Mr. Pou said that in addition, a posse was on the trail of another prisoner outside of Scotland Neck, and his recapture was momentarily expected.

The following is a list of the recaptured:

Kendall E. Johnson, Earl Jackson, alias Shannon, Carl Talley, Joe Smith, Will Phillips, Frank Pope, Luther Kirby, William Bailey and John McNalley

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Feb. 14, 1925.

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