Rochester, Monroe, NY Democrat & Chronicle July 15, 1925 SHOTS HAVE NO TERRORS FOR ELUSIVE YOUTH WHO ESCAPED ISLAND PRISON Gains Freedom By Long Swim From Randall's to Mainland — Comes Back To Home Town and Has Many Narrow Squeaks From Capture — Changes Clothes in Church Somewhere in Rochester is hiding a young man, 18 years old, who is laughing up his sleeve at the Rochester police department, its detectives and in fact all its officials and those of Randall's Island who are frantically trying to capture him. He is Vincent DeAOUN, 361 Jefferson avenue. Young DeAOUN escaped from Randall's Island in as bold a fashion as any recorded in that institution. But he has added to the official chagrin down there by taking with him a set of keys. If the don't find him soon they will have to change all the locks at the institution. Why would they have to change all the locks? Suppose this man should have duplicate keys made and send them to his friends at the institution? There would be very few boys left at Randall's Island. Perhaps, only the officials would be left. "Pulls Fast One" on Grocer The attention of police was first directed to young DeAOUN when he "pulled a fast one" on a Plymouth avenue grocer. He telephoned to the grocer stating that the grocer's wife was seriously ill and wanted him home at once. The grocer ran home. While he was gone DeAOUN helped himself to the cash drawer contents. He was treated mildly for this offense. He won the sympathy of the police with his pleasing personality. He didn't appear like the average bad boy. He was well dressed, had a winning personality and used good English. He said he was sorry and the police believed him. A short time later he stole an automobile belonging to Melba GRAY, Chili avenue. Police also said at the time he obtained goods from large department stores in a credit scheme. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Randall's Island. He took his sentence in a nonchalant manner. He was well dressed and looked more like a young student on his way to school when he went to the island. Eighty Weeks Before Parole When he arrived the authorities there gave him 80 weeks to stay at the island before he could get parole. He winced when he heard the decision. It is understood he was expecting about 20 weeks. Undoubtedly he was peeved and immediately was making plans to escape. However, he did not let the officials there know he was peeved. He took the decision calmly and set about to be a model prisoner. DeAOUN'S apparent straight-forward manner won him immediate friends among the officials and they gave him a "front office job." He is a well educated young fellow and is a capable stenographer. It is understood that the officials at the island were planning to make him a stenographer with full pay of a stenographer. He would have had a nice sum at the expiration of his term. All this meant nothing to young DeAOUN. His mind was on getting out. Swims To Freedom The opportunity presented itself one day. The bookkeeper was not looking and he obtained the keys to the institution. He walked over to the doors, unlocked them and walked past two guards and vanished. It is reported that the two guards who allowed him to walk past them have been suspended. Then DeAOUN had to swim. He did. One report has it he swam for an hour. He reached shore and made his way through New York to White Plains. If he took one course it led him to a point near the "hard-boiled New York harbor police station." This group of New York police is picked to handle the toughest characters around the big city, those who inhabit the harbor vicinity. In White Plains the authorities learned he stole a machine and then in the face of all the possible hardships, made his way back to Rochester, where all the detectives know him. Since he returned to his haunts it is known he has made St. Monica's Church choir loft one of his headquarters. There he changed clothes at various times when he presumed that the police heard about the attire he was wearing. Shots Fail To Stop Him One day a detective was chasing him. He saw the officer had a gun in his hand. DeAOUN heard the report of the revolver. He looked around and saw the officer was pointing it in the air. Then he kept right on running and escaped. The youth has been seen wearing white knickers, a blue shirt and a fancy sweater. If one did not know him he would easily pass for a young college man home on vacation. But his actions at present prove to the police that he is a desperate young man of unusual nerve, daring, ready to take every chance to avoid an obstacle which might lead him back to Randall's Island. The authorities want him and want him bad. They want those keys just as much as they want him. **** BODY RECOVERED FROM NIAGARA RIVER Niagara Falls, July 15 - The body of a man supposed to be that of James FORGIE, 55, prominent Buffalo merchant, was recovered from the Niagara river at Lewiston today. FORGIE disappeared May 8th. On the soles of the shoes found on the body was the name "H. L. MAY." The remains were those of a man of 160 pounds with grey hair. He possessed a full set of teeth except for one missing from the upper jaw. **** WESTERN N. Y. DEATHS WILLIAM H. WRIGHT Brockport, July 15 - William H. WRIGHT, 79, died here yesterday. He had lived in town two and one half years. THOMAS RUTHERFORD Bath, July 15 - The death of Thomas RUTHERFORD occurred yesterday following an illness of several months. LOUISE HARVEY Bath, July 15 - The death of Louise HARVEY occurred yesterday at Melbourne, Florida, where she went some months ago to visit friends. MRS. M. M. VOORHEES Batavia, July 15 - Heart disease caused the death of Mrs. Mary M. VOORHEES, widow of Frank B. VOORHEES, yesterday at the home of her son, Frank H. VOORHEES. SURVINA BELL Avoca, July 15 - Survina BELL, 70, died at her home Tuesday following a month's illness. Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS