OPENING TO FREEDOM CLOSED.
Air Chute in City Holdover Stopped
With Brick and Cement.
Similar to the farmer who locked the barn door after his horse was stolen was the action of the police in closing up the air chute in the city holdover yesterday. Harry Martin, a safe keeper, escaped by means of crawling through the air chute Friday morning. He was only one of many who have escaped by that egress in the past.
A workman yesterday closed up the air chute by cementing the opening in the holdover. A foot of cement was placed in the shaft and then bricked over. It is now impossible for a prisoner to get into the shaft to climb to the top and freedom.
