THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 11, 1947

* Famous Bank Robber
* Willie Sutton prison escape
* Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia

 

The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "FIVE FLEE PRISON IN PHILADELPHIA" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 56 pages, rag edition, a little spine wear, generally in great condition.

wikipedia notes: Sentenced to life imprisonment as a fourth time offender, Sutton was transferred to the Philadelphia County Prison, Holmesburg section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On February 10, 1947, Sutton and other prisoners dressed as prison guards carried two ladders across the prison yard to the wall after dark. When the prison's searchlights hit him, Sutton yelled, "It's all right!" No one stopped him.