Press search for three killers who escaped from Texas prison

The walls of the Texas state prison at Huntsville, where Raymond Hamilton, Blackie Thompson, and Joe Palmer, killers, escaped during a ball game accompanied by three other convicts.

Publication date: 1934-07-25

Size: 12 x 15 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Huntsville (Tex.)

Subject(s):

• Prison escapes--Texas--Huntsville--1930-1940
• Texas. State Penitentiary at Huntsville

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Daily Tribune (July 25, 1934), p. 28

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg