freeloaders escape jail
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95 years ago…
September 21, 1911 - Mounting a high prison wall in the city jail, “youthful prisoner” William Mays squeezes through an opening several feet wide by nine inches deep and makes a successful getaway. Although Mays’ companion, Sam Lazzara, refused to discuss the escape, he was believed to have lifted Mays to the top of the window located in a bathroom outside the courtroom. The two young men had been arrested for trying to take a free ride on a freight train.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
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