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Article: John Bell rang true in saving sheriff's life
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- The Herald News - Joliet (IL)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2003
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I wonder whatever happened to John L. Bell. He was a real hero who knew exactly what to do while others just stood there.
Although I knew the details of the event that he was involved in, I didn't know about his role until a reader mailed me a copy of a June 17, 1927 Spectator newspaper.
And there was Bell's picture. He was the hero who saved the sheriff's life that day.
The date was June 13, 1927. It was a Monday in downtown Joliet at the county jail. Four desperate killers condemned to hang on a gallows already constructed made a daring escape attempt.
They figured they had nothing to lose.
Big Charlie Duschowski and Walter Stalesky had crafted a cell key from a beef bone. They quickly ...