Thursday, 23rd August 1917: Trail Elliot, Convict Who Escaped Camp At Bellwood Wednesday, The Atlanta Journal

County police and deputies with bloodhounds are on the trail of J. M. Elliott, a life termer in the Bellwood convict camp, who escaped Wednesday.

Elliott was a trusty and had been sent to East Point by the warden with a load of cement. He, therefore, had the chance to get a long start on his way to liberty, for he was not missed for several hours.

Elliott is forty two years old and is a veterinarian by profession. He was sent up from La Grange, Troup county, nine years ago, having been given a life term for murder.

The escaped man will be remembered as having been called upon to sew up the wound in Leo Frank's neck caused by an assault made upon the latter by a fellow prisoner at Milledgeville.

Circulars offering a reward for the apprehension of the convict were scattered in all parts of the county Thursday.