Camp 30 Escapes and Attempts

Date Names Notes
March 21, 1947 Robert J. Mulligan [1]
July 29, 1947 Clarence J. Clark [2]
July 30, 1947 Charles Calvert, Lawrence Fields, Charles Lee Recaptured July 31, 1947 by Fairfax County police officer John Wahl.[3]
August 22, 1947 Lenwood Fitzgerald Jumped from the back of a work truck returning to camp from a job. Recaptured August 25 at his home in Lynchburg, Virginia.[4][5]
August 25, 1947 Daley O. Childrey [5]
March 30, 1948 Floyd Turner Escaped from a work gang, then spent the night in the woods being rained on. Surrendered the following day by calling up the camp to come and fetch him near Fairfax Circle.[6]
January 18, 1949 Jonas Shirley [7][8]
April 6, 1949 Walter L. Jordan, Paul J. McKay [9]
July 5, 1949 James Prinkley, Wilson Fitzgerald Escaped while working on a construction project on Lee Highway four miles west of Fairfax.[10][11]
July 25, 1949 Emory Culberton Recaptured July 29, 1949 in Charles Town, West Virginia.[12]
June 16, 1950 John V. Measles,Carson T. Millis or C. P. Kennedy Measles recaptured July 18, 1950 in Washington, D.C.[13][14]Note:the two reports name a different second man as having escaped with and recaptured with John Measles.
July 6, 1950 Curtis D. Moore Surrendered at the FCPD's Groveton Substation shortly after escaping.[15]
January 7, 1951 Raymond Haag, Richard E. Norstrandt Recaptured with the hour by FCPD officers Joseph Sherwood and Anson Roberts as they attempted to hail a cab at Kamp Washington, less than a half mile from the camp.[16][17]
January 8, 1951 Eugene Hall, James M. Dodson Escaped from a road gang near Centreville by crawling through a culvert and fleeing into the underbrush.[18][19]
March 2, 1951 Homer Breeden, Hamilton Cofflin, John Williams Williams was shot during the escape attempt by Guard O. M. Wagner. The three men were captured an hour later by Fairfax county policemen Sergeant Stanley H. Dodson and Roland Heath.[20]
October 21, 1951 Chester Beasly, John J. Hope [21]
February 11, 1955 Ronald Haley, Charles Hilliard, Burton Laughters Haley, Hilliard and Laughters jumped from a prison truck on Lemon Road outside Falls Church after using a hacksaw to cut through the side of the truck. Haley and Hilliard were quickly captured on Great Falls Street, and Laughters was caught about a half hour later.[22]
September 19, 1955 Ross L. Lowery Shot by guard Stanley O. Moomaw when he tried to run off from a work detail in Vienna. Lowery was taken to the Alexandria Hospital with a buckshot wound in the back of his neck.[23]
September 20, 1972 Isaac Archer Fled from a road gang on Route 123 near Fairfax Station into a nearby subdivision.[24]
May 25, 1980 Rupert F. Pearson, Jr. Pearson, a convicted murderer, fled from an enclosed area and escaped despite a guard firing two shots at him. He was recaptured by the Virginia State Police the following day in Frederick County.[25][26]

References

  1. ↑ "Road Gang Houdi Still at Large After Three Days." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 3. Mar 25 1947. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  2. ↑ "Hornets Prove Key to Freedom." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Jul 30 1947. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  3. ↑ "3 Fugitives are Returned to Road Gang." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Aug 01 1947. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014
  4. ↑ "Inmate Escapes Va. Road Camp by Jump from Truck." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Aug 23 1947. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Road Gang Escape Maintains Weekly Va. Camp Average." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Aug 26 1947. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  6. ↑ "Escaped Fairfax Prisoner Returns to Work Camp." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Apr 02 1948. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2017.
  7. ↑ "Convicted Arsonist Flees Road Camp Near Fairfax" Evening Star, 19 Jan. 1949, Two Star, p. 23. NewsBank. Accessed 26 Jan. 2018.
  8. ↑ "Convict Flees Camp." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Jan 19 1949. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  9. ↑ "2 Who Fled Road Camp Still at Large." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 24. Apr 08 1949. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014 .
  10. ↑ "Two Prisoners Escape Road Gang in Fairfax" Evening Star, 6 Jul. 1949, Two Star, p. 25. NewsBank, . Accessed 28 Dec. 2017.
  11. ↑ "Whisky Bibbers Who Got $90 Elude Fairfax Police Chase." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Jul 10 1949. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  12. ↑ "Charles Town Seizes 4th Fairfax Fugitive." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 5. Jul 30 1949. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  13. ↑ "Two Escape from Fairfax Prison Camp." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 13. Jun 17 1950. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  14. ↑ "District Police Seize 2 Virginia Fugitives." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 4. Jul 19 1950. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014 .
  15. ↑ "Manhunt Ends with Sudden Surrender." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 15. Jul 07 1950. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  16. ↑ "Two Convicts 'Take a Walk,' Soon Caught." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Jan 08 1951. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  17. ↑ "Two Prisoners Caught Half Hour After Fleeing Fairfax Camp" Evening Star, 8 Jan. 1951, Two Star, p. 2. NewsBank. Accessed 3 Dec. 2017.
  18. ↑ "Convicts Flee Camp 2d Time in Two Days." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Jan 09 1951. ProQuest. Web. 3 Dec. 2017.
  19. ↑ "Two Road Gang Convicts Still Sought Near Fairfax" Evening Star, 9 Jan. 1951, Two Star, p. 19. NewsBank. Accessed 3 Dec. 2017.
  20. ↑ "Prisoner Shot as 3 Escape Fairfax Jail." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Mar 03 1951. ProQuest. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.
  21. ↑ "Fairfax Police Seek Two Prison Fugitives." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Oct 23 1951. ProQuest. Web. 27 Aug. 2014.
  22. ↑ "4 Convicts Escape, 3 Caught in Virginia." Evening Star, 11 Feb. 1955, Two Star, p. 25. NewsBank. Accessed 10 Feb. 2018.
  23. ↑ "Fairfax County Convict Shot Trying to Escape." The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959): 27. Sep 20 1955. ProQuest. Web. 12 Sep. 2014 .
  24. ↑ Claiborne, William L. "2 Lorton Escapes Laid to Procedure." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 2. Sep 21 1972. ProQuest. Web. 17 July 2017.
  25. ↑ "Prisoner Escapes from Road Camp." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. May 26 1980. ProQuest. Web. 24 Aug. 2016.
  26. ↑ "Va. Police Capture Convicted Murderer." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. May 28 1980. ProQuest. Web. 24 Aug. 2016.