AN ESCAPE ATTEMPT THIS MORNING DIDN'T LAST VERY LONG. PRISONERS WERE BEING TRANSPORTED FROM PETTIS COUNTY. THE TRANSPORTING OFFICER WAS ASSAULTED, AT A STOP AT THE REST STOP NEAR BOONVILLE.
THE THREE PRISONERS TOOK OFF IN THE CAR AN HEADED NORTH, AND THEY WENT INTO HOWARD COUNTY, WHERE CHARLIE POLSON IS SHERIFF [CHAS1]:55)
AND POLSON SAYS THE FOOT PURSUIT OF THE ESCAPEE BEGAN THEN [CHAS2]:33)
THE NAME OF THE FINAL PRISONER ACCORDING TO POLSON IS RONALD GREER, CONVICTED OF RAPE CHARGES IN PETTIS COUNTY