Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 26—J. V. Vickers of Monroe, now serving a penitentiary sentence at the state prison at Raleigh for manslaughter, escaped on a downtown street here this morning from a guard.
Vickers was brought here yesterday for an examination of the U.S. Veterans Bureau in connection with an effort to obtains additional compensation for disabilities said ot have been incurred during the World War.
The man was sent to prison after conviction for the slaying and robbing of Ellison Y. Rogers of Monroe on the old Tuckasegee road last October 8th.
Within 15 minutes after his escape word had passed through the street crowds, causing a sensation as the reputation of the man as a “killer” had accompanied the reports of his dash. B. S. Jenkins, guard at the state farm at Halifax, had Vickers in custody when he effected his escape.
The getaway was made after the guard and the prisoner had gone to a physician’s office, and finding that it would be some time before they could be admitted they decided to go for a stroll. Stopping at a confectionery store, Vickers asked permission to go to the rear of the establishment for “a minute,” which the guard granted.
When he did not return shortly a search was instituted. Jenkins said he granted Vickers permission to leave his sight because he had acted in such a “model way” at other times.
The two had been here since Tuesday. They spent two nights together in hotels. Jenkins said he had not been permitted to handcuff his prisoner.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, Aug. 26, 1926
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