{{Two convicted bank robbers who pulled off a daring overnight escape from a high-rise Chicago jail had changed from their prison garb by the time they hopped into a cab near the lock-up, investigators said Wednesday as they expanded their manhunt for the men.}}<\/p>\n
Authorities were raiding houses and combing through records looking for anybody with ties to the inmates who climbed out a jail window and descended 20 stories using a makeshift rope.<\/p>\n
The FBI said surveillance footage from a camera near the Metropolitan Correctional Center shows Kenneth Conley and Joseph Banks getting into a cab around 2:45 a.m. Tuesday \u2014 about four hours before workers spotted the rope dangling from the federal jail. <\/p>\n
The pair had changed from their orange jail-issued jumpsuits into light-colored pants and shirts, the FBI said.<\/p>\n
“We don’t know if they fashioned their own clothes, or what,” said Special Agent Frank Bochte.<\/p>\n
The FBI was offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of Conley and Banks, with the manhunt focused mainly on Chicago and its suburbs.<\/p>\n
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