Lowered self on bed sheet rope down wall to Spring and Second streets

Lowered self on bed sheet rope down wall to Spring and Second streets

Item Information

Title:
Lowered self on bed sheet rope down wall to Spring and Second streets
Date:
1965
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Cambridge Historical Commission
Collection (local):
Cambridge Photo Morgue Collection
Series:
East Cambridge
Subjects:
Jails
Escapes
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Cambridge > East Cambridge
42 Thorndike St., Cambridge, MA
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 18 x 23 cm
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Notes:
Title from item.
Additional text on item: A few hours before he was to appear before Superior Court in East Cambridge, William E. Powers, Jr., 30, of Dorchester escaped Tuesday morning from the adjoining jail where his twin brother, Richard, is also held. William, considered extremely dangerous, was captured in a gunfight following a Lowell drugstore break.
Preferred Citation:
Courtesy of the Cambridge Historical Commission, Cambridge Photo Morgue Collection.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
EC_P016_013