PRISONERS ESCAPE ‚Äî View of the exterior of the Don Jail in Toronto, September 8, 1952. In the early hours of September 8, four prisoners escaped from the aging facility. These weren‚Äôt any ordinary inmates; the quartet formed the core of the so-called Boyd Gang, a group of desperados who conducted daring bank robberies across Toronto. The escapees were Edwin Alonzo Boyd, presumptive leader of the gang; Lennie Jackson; Willie Jackson (no relation); and Steve Suchan. All had been charged with armed robbery, and Lennie Jackson and Suchan were about to go on trial for murdering a Toronto police officer. On September 16, the group were found on a deserted farm in the Township of North York and recaptured. Suchan and Lennie Jackson were later convicted of murder and hanged on December 16, 1952 in the Don Jail. Credit: The Globe and Mail