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aon of,the escapees got all the way oii eite -tario only to find that his wife had arranged bail for “him. He was apprehended. - Morgan, serving time in ‘Folsom for a second-de- gree murder conviction when he was 16, had been brought here to testify in another murder trial (as Como was). leaving Folsom, Morgan's wooden leg was found to ‘conceal several hacksaw blades and a lock pick, it ‘was reported at the time. _ Morgan, then 32, was captured four days after . the break as he was push- ‘Ing a cart of groceries in a Los Angeles supermarket. . He was relieved of his artificial limb and got it back only after filing a - handwritten petition for a ' serit of habeas corpus—in this case, leg—in Superior _ Court. |: Morgan was not re quired to serve any time - for the escape but he is atill at Folsom, “agile and in excellent shape," a pri- son spokesman said Wed- = negday. He is scheduled for a parole hearing in De- cember. Jailbreakers, ‘the majori- ty of whom have been re- _turned to custody, have - used ingenious methods in their bids for freedom and some have earned sobri- uets such as “jai “and "human fly." a a When &earched before | [ee ferenrer ars mi" got away by concealing himself inside a laundry bag. He was ' found two days later, One ' of those to be called "hu- ' man fly" made his way out : of a hole in the wall of a , 10th-floor corridor in 1959 and shinnied down a scaf- folding to the fifth floor. He got away. Inmates have sawed, made "guns" out of soap, | switched clothes and iden- | | tities and shinnied down a | variety of things, includ- ing fire hoses in their at- ; tempts to break out of the | 45-year-old County Jail | atop the Hall of Justice. After the new jail } opened near Union Station in 1963, four years passed 1 ‘without an escape. The first turned out to be sur- prisingly easy. | The prisoner simply / checked out, He had ex- changed identification ‘wristbands with another jinmate who was about to be released. The duped prisoner said later he was asleep when the switch was made. There was further insult to the wronged inmate, He was kept in jail for ques- tioning about the affair while the man who took ‘fie pate walked free.