by Bob Walsh
Two men decided they wanted to escape from the Marshall County, KS, jail. Not exactly a huge surprise there. They were able to do so, for about two hours, and despite a fair bit of shooting nobody got hurt.
Jeffrey S. Guenther, 46, and Matson Z. Hatfield, 30, set a fire in their cell just before 4:00 pm. (Should have been plenty of staff available at that time one would think.) During the confusion the two prisoners managed to "force their way thru the jail" (whatever the hell that means) and seize shotguns and ammunition (How the hell did that happen?). They got out of the building and hijacked a personally owned pickup truck from an employee,
Both men were captured separately less than two hours after their escape. They are looking at significant additional charges.
I wonder if the jail is looking at revising their operating procedures and/or staff training? If not, they sure as hell should be.
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