Two of four fugitives from Logan County jail captured

<br>GUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) _ Authorities continued to search Thursday for two of the four inmates who escaped from the Logan County Jail a day earlier. <br><br>Tanner Michael James, 22, and Dedrick Max Bloss,

Thursday, April 4th 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

GUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) _ Authorities continued to search Thursday for two of the four inmates who escaped from the Logan County Jail a day earlier.

Tanner Michael James, 22, and Dedrick Max Bloss, 22, both of Enid, surrendered to police at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, said Enid Police Capt. Brian O'Rourke.

No one else was arrested and authorities do not believe the pair had any help, O'Rourke said.

Timothy Glenn Garner, 20, and Phillip Dean Hancock, 38, both of Guthrie, remained on the run.

Logan County Sheriff Randy Richardson said the four inmates smashed through a ceiling and an inner wall before escaping through an air conditioning duct.

They then climbed over a 10-foot fence topped with razor wire, he said.

Richardson said bars cover the air conditioning vents, but once the prisoners broke through the ceiling and the inner wall, they were able to get behind those bars.

The jail building, located near a historic district of antique shops, is more than 100 years old.

``This facility is old and it's not very secure. It never has been,'' Richardson said. ``They have nothing to do all day but sit around and think of ways to do these things.''

Garner was being held on charges arising from a domestic dispute and an assault and battery on a police officer. Hancock faced drug charges.

Bloss and James had transferred to the Logan County Jail from other facilities.

James was serving time on multiple felony counts from Garfield County, while Bloss had been jailed on an assault charge.

They were all in the same cell at the time of the escape, which was believed to have occurred between 5 a.m. and 5:30 a.m Wednesday.

They were missing when inmates were counted at 6 a.m.

Richardson said sanding and repainting work is under way at the jail and this may have covered up some of the noise made in the escape.

In their search for the inmates, Garfield County sheriff's deputies found a working methamphetamine lab.

Sheriff Bill Winchester said deputies checked a residence where James had sought refuge while running from police last year and found a working meth lab.

John and Ladonna Poole were arrested on complaints of manufacturing meth.