Hiding out on cold nights, going without food and continually dodging officers of the law apparently did to appeal to Roy Pollard, one of the three prisoners who escaped from the jail here nearly three weeks ago, for he came back last week and surrendered to the officers. After risking his life to escape, he evidently found that stolen liberty is not worth the price and returned, saying that he had been “perishing and freezing to death.” He is now boarding with the County and occupies his former room at the top of the court house.
From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, March 10, 1925
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