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Nashville Union And American
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
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Bill Rodifer, a noted desperado, escaped from the State prison in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on the morning of January 15, with help from other convicts who provided tools and removed locks, allowing him to climb to the roof, access keys, and flee.
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JEFFERSONVILLE, IND., Jan. 16.- Bill Rodifer, a noted desperado, escaped yesterday morning from the State prison here. Other convicts were his accomplices, who removed the bolts from the lock of his cell, and furnished him with a steel saw, with which he freed himself from a ball and chain. He then climbed a 10-inch water pipe perpendicular fifty feet to the water tanks on the top of the building, passed through a trap door within thirty feet of the watch tower down into the main guard room, where he secured the keys, unlocked two doors and passed out.
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Primary Location
Jeffersonville, Ind.
Event Date
Yesterday Morning (Reported Jan. 16)
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successful escape; no casualties mentioned.
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Bill Rodifer escaped from the State prison with assistance from other convicts who removed bolts from his cell lock and provided a steel saw to free him from a ball and chain. He climbed a 10-inch water pipe fifty feet to the roof, entered through a trap door near the watch tower, obtained keys from the guard room, unlocked two doors, and fled.