Patrick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Three Prisoners Break Out of the Patrick County jail June 3, 1925
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The Danbury Reporter June 3, 1925
  Danville, VA., May 30—Fletcher Whitlock, sentenced to 20 years in the state 
penitentiary as an accomplice in the brutal murder of Ada Whaling, a mountain 
girl, a few months ago, is having escaped the Patrick County jail with three 
other prisoners, Clifford Going, Hobart Slate, and General Martin, who were held 
for lesser crimes.
  The Patrick jail has long since been condemned and it has been the recent 
practice to house dangerous men in nearby county jails.  On the night in 
question the men either picked the lock on the main door or else found that the 
door did not close properly, in any event the jailer found the door open and the 
men gone.   Some 12 prisoners had the opportunity to leave but only the four 
mentioned elected to go.  Commonwealth’s Attorney Burton will ask for a 
substantial reward for the recapture of Whitlock.


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