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FD-350 (Rev. 11-11-75) {Mount Clipping in Space Belew) Jailers ‘Raked \in Bundy Escape GLENWOGE SPRINGS, Colo. (UPI) — El Paso County District Attorney Robert Russell, special prosecutor in the case against murder sus- nect Theodore Bundy wee a Se peated Ad said Wednesday he thought Garfield County jailers had been neglig- ent in allowing Bundy to escape. Bundy, 31, escaped from the county jail in Glenwood Springs last Friday night or Saturday moming by crawlin through a hole in the . celing of his cell. He go! into the ceiling by removt ing 4 light fixture. * Undersheriff Robert Hart said a prisoner had reported before the es- cape that Bundy had been crawling througt. the hole in the ceiling. Hart said a welder was called in to seal the hote, bud did not come before ~ Russell said he thought the incident was a case of “absolute negligence” on the part of the jailers. He said he was “extremely disappointed” in the escape, Bundy, who had es- caped ance before during a pre-trial hearing in Aspen, was scheduled t go on trial Monday ao charges of murderin Caryn Campbell of Dea born, Mich., whose f body was found in a owbank outside Aspen January 1975. Rego SP a SN Pn a d a Hart said he had not | known that another pris- oner had reported Bundly was crawling around ih the ceiling. He said he ditl not have enough timd - now to investigate the report and find out why nothing had been done earlier to cover up the. hole. Hart said efforts would , be concentrated on Te. | capturing Bundy. The! hole was sealed off Tues- , day by welding a steel j plate across it, he said. | The umdersheriff also | said a man matching Bundy’s description was { seen in jhe Colorado Hotel Saturday a few | hours after his escape. ! “We're pretty | sure it: Was him,’ Hart said. ’ “The description was ; correct.” Hart said an elevator — repairman said he saw the man in a hallway ' about 10 a.m. The man ! asked the repairman if ° the coffee shop was open, and the repairman re- plied there was no ah | en ae! shop in the building. (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.} ~R- 8 _ She UA, Date: f/-5- "7 IF Edition: sh «FF Author: Editor: 2. / Title: Character: oF Pe - Leis Classification: Submitting Office: Sa [] Being Investigated"