European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes . Friday Friday August 26.1994 mom taken hostage then held by police Detroit a when five Husk men jumped into her car Geraldine Art Ley knew she was in trouble. Their shredded clothing and bleeding Cheeks torn by barbed wire gave them away a escapees from a nearby prison. But her real trouble began when police caught up with them three hours later. Artley who had been on her Way to a carwash with her 8-year-old son when she encountered the inmates was arrested As a suspect in the escape. She was jailed fora Days and her four children were placed in Foster care. An officer said i believe you but my Boss does t believe your Story " Artley a Petite woman with a Calm voice re called wednesday. I told him it s not Astory. That s the truth " the five inmates were among 10 prisoners who escaped sunday from the medium Security Ryan regional correction Al. Facility after two men tossed a Shotgun shells and wire cutters into the exercise Yard. It was the first breakout since Ryan was built in 1991. The inmates fled in two waiting cars shooting at prison guards As they left. Nine had been convicted of murder Orother violent crimes one of drug charges. Six have been caught including the five who jumped into Artley s car. Another was found dead in an Alley apparently from a drug overdose. Three were still a Large thursday. The escape raised questions about Security at the state prison which is in a residential area. It also set off an outcry from neighbors who said state officials had told them that no dangerous Crimi nals would be held there. But corrections department spokesman Warren Williams said officials never promised that no killers would be at , 33, is one of the outraged Resi dents. Her. Small House with a porch Sitson a one Way Street one Block from the prison. She bought the House three year Sago when the prison was being built. But Artley in t sure what makes he angrier the prison so close to her Home or the police who she says treated her like a criminal. The prisoners treated me better than the police she said. They were like five men playing basketball All hyped Artley said her ordeal began As her Sta Tion Wagon stalled while she was backing it into a carwash shortly before 9 . Suddenly a Man opened the door. Can you help me he asked. I stuttered for a couple of seconds then i said yes " Artley said. By then four More men had jumped into the Back seat. She figured she did t have much Choice they were big she started saying her prayers. When they jerked that door open i expected to get busted in the face or get shot Artle said. Artley kept hoping they would get out and find another car. When it started drizzling she told the prisoners that her wipers did t work. She prayed her car would stall again but it did t before police caught up with them. Police forced her to lie face Down on the grass then handcuffed her. And for the first time in her life she was jailed fingerprinted and interrogated. Police defended their actions. It turned out that her Story was True but we had to Check her Story out Dep Uty police chief Benny Napoleon told the Detroit free press. N. C. Study colled silly friendliest City is Philly Philadelphia a hostile in a new Survey the Conde Nast traveler finds Philadelphia the Friend Liest City in the country not the Snake pit of hostility portrayed in a Nort Carolina study just three months Back. Residents in the City of brotherly love Are kind enough to hold parking spots give directions and take Pic Tures for tourists. And when it comes to needing restaurant restroom Philadelphia simply exudes friendliness. At the four Star French restaurant be Bee Fin a door attendant wearing a tue do said sure please when a Conde Nast reporter asked to use the Wash room. So what do you make of that University researcher in t that Nice Redford William said wednesday. Williams with not a hint of snooty Ness in his voice noted that his hostility study was based on scientific Sam pling and Complex polling techniques Complete with a margin of error and that the traveler Survey published this week in the september Issue was based on just reporters experiences in10 cities. Philadelphia had a higher hostility score Williams said. It does Philadelphia does t have Nice and Friendly people. I have a High hostility score and i m a very Friendly one Friendly person was a cab Driver who jump started a stranded car free of charge. That one act of kind Ness duplicated in no other City pushed Philadelphia to the top of the traveler poll. The other cities in the traveler sur vey ranked from most to least Friendly were Boston san Francisco Den ver new York los Angeles Chicago Washington Dallas and Miami. 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