2nd Escapee Who Scaled Prison Wall Is Caught
The second of two inmates who used a homemade grappling hook to escape from the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison was captured after four days on the run.
Robert Joseph Legendre, 27, was captured without incident at a truck stop in Steele, Mo., where he was found sitting in a stolen pickup. The other escaped convict, Martin Moon, 34, had been arrested Thursday near Chester, Ill.
Legendre was in prison for attempted murder and Moon was serving a life sentence for murder. A corrections official said the guard tower near the wall the inmates climbed was empty at the time because of budget cuts.
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