The October 28th, 1931 Times-Tribune reported that Hadley Proctor, arrested for Forgery and who was being held at the county jail, escaped while George Thurber was bringing his supper over to him. According to the rumor mill, Proctor had told people that he could never stay in jail until court time because he had a lot of things to look after.
Charlie McLaughlin wrote, “It would be nice if he would keep busy, stay away from Grant City, and make up his mind to run straight and keep out of jail. If he’ll do that, Worth County and his home town wishes him all the luck in the world.”
Sheriff Willhite subsequently made the statement that he was through being kind to prisoners, and that hereafter, all who enter the jail will stay in the cells and not have the liberty of the jail corridors. The subhead to the story read, “Seasons may come and go, but they’ll break out of jail forever.”
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