Law & Order: Two Youths Who Break Jail Here; Caught At Port Arthur, Texas,
Grant Parish La
Submitted to USGENWEB by Evelyn Corbett Cunningham, 9457 East Montego Lane, Shreveport,
LA 71118 e-mail evelyneva@aol.com
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Colfax Chronicle July 28, 1939
TWO YOUTHS WHO BREAK JAIL HERE; CAUGHT AT PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
Lewis Melton of Winn Parish and Brady Masey of Grant parish are again
confined in the Grant parish jail after escaping from the jail by digging a
hole through the brick walls, sometime during last Thursday night. The
youths were caught in Port Author, Texas, Saturday and local authorities went
after and brought them back to Colfax were they are held in a more secure
jail cell.
These youths were arrested on a charge of stealing a log truck belonging to
Fred Neal of Urania.