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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Edgar Glass, 23, escaped from Big Pine prison camp, burglarized Ernest Poucher's grocery in Islamorada on Sept. 24, was arrested in Homestead, and sentenced to five years in penitentiary by Judge Thomas S. Caro after a guilty verdict for breaking and entering and grand larceny.
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Edgar Glass, 23, an escapee from Big Pine prison camp, today was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by Criminal Court Judge Thomas S. Caro.
A six-man jury found Glass guilty of breaking and entering and grand larceny.
Glass attempted to escape from the county jail here Nov. 17.
At today's trial he was charged with burglarizing Ernest Poucher's grocery store at Islamorada Sept. 24. He was doing 11 years at Big Pine when he escaped Sept. 22.
He was arrested in Homestead Sept. 28. Glass testified today that he confessed the Islamorada burglary under threats by Homestead police.
Jack Walden, State Highway Patrolman, testified that a suit of clothes bearing Poucher's name was found in the room Glass was occupying in Homestead.
Glass stole a cash register from the store, broke it open nearby and took about $100 from it.
He could have opened the electric cash register in the store by pushing one of the keys, police said.
On the Glass jury were A. L. Sawyer, John Rivas, Neil C. Shea, Hector D. Pita, Charles J. Papy, Jr., and Mario Hernandez.
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Islamorada
Event Date
Sentencing Today; Burglary Sept. 24; Escape Sept. 22; Arrest Sept. 28; Jail Escape Attempt Nov. 17
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guilty of breaking and entering and grand larceny; sentenced to five years in the penitentiary; stole about $100 from cash register
Event Details
Edgar Glass, 23, escaped from Big Pine prison camp on Sept. 22 while serving 11 years. He burglarized Ernest Poucher's grocery store in Islamorada on Sept. 24, stealing a cash register and taking $100. Arrested in Homestead on Sept. 28 with clothes bearing Poucher's name. Attempted escape from county jail on Nov. 17. At trial, a six-man jury found him guilty; he claimed confession under threats. Sentenced by Judge Thomas S. Caro.