The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09
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Broke JAIL There were eight prisonersi
last week in the avenna JaiI-a charged with
peaifentiary oftEces-and among them desperate
characters. Last Thursday night fhey had plan Led an
escape. They had succeeded in removing from
the massive wsllths stone which was once before
removed BY gang Of prisoners aad replaced tight and
secure that it was warranted earthduake proaft Bat
then be considered that earthquakes work with
blunte- Instruments tfrsn counferfeiters, and
An Earthquake may be bid to spare. .saasfai
The man that's stranged by q hair
20 Earthquake may spare. especially the Earth
quake don't try. in wan thai may be scratched
out by perseverng dgence with STEEL pens and other
extremely small, but very efficient Instrumental applian
Last Thursday night, early in the evening, Messrs
J. D. Horton and II. H. Willard walking in rear
the jail. they dropping down from aperture
in the wall of the building and once perceived that
General JiI Delivery up in other words, that
ths old ad mcontnenty spewing out rascals into
the world ss.AS
Al the man dropped to the ground lwho proved to be
Samuel Conn, of the steubenvis counerfiters)
started of 24e speed, and willard took after him,
but 10 the darkness of tha night he elude parsut
while Willard chasing Conn, who, iii seems, the
only Of the prisoners OUT Horton dsputng the
passage of the aperture with the remaining pisoners
As the heads appeared at the opening he raped them
back, with light which he happened to be carrying
In hts hand. At length Of the prisoners, more
tsrprising and adventurous than The rest clad his ugly
POLL in thick blanket and thrust 1t through the aper-
ture, determined to brave the raps of the light
Upon the interesting presentation Of the blankeed head
Horton hurled brick bat which took due effect upon
the blanketed caput and the blanket Immediately disap-
psaredi 81 I
About this the alarm having been given and assirt-
came and the remaining inmates of JAIL seven
In number, gave mp their cherished plan of taking walk
by maoal,ght.
onesf The prisoners Is fiddler, and the way he has
made night and day mslodious during past week. ha.
been renarksbie !! The supposition sthat whie the
fiddler scaped gut the other prisoners scraped
stone WALL and the meuous, ducet strains of the vie
LIN seemed to reeve the harshness of ths scraping
the stone and insomuch that hoss not having
nice music could not distinguish between them
When Horton stotly di putting the of th
shoe Ia the WALL and at the time endeasoring Il
raise alarm the everlasting fiddle luderously enough
struck up its frantic screams, order to drown the cr
Of alarm io os-3iafsa az S'at G
Twenty-Five dollars reward has been offered for tn
capture of Conn., the remaining prisoners have
remanded to solitary celi-fe chew, best they may
the bitteszcud of disappointment. Sheriff Williams, Il
order totsc them the virtue Of proper resEuation ha
fur ished each of their cells with the Testament
whether he took the hint from the Plain Dealsr,
net informed.
At the time Of the escape, Sheriff williams ava
official bus ness and when it is considered that th
craxysoss Id stone has been out tefore under orms
administration its manifest insecurity, take fro
tn sheri any Inference impuation of lack of du
diligence
II stone can be so easily removed 1t shows that tt
Jail needs iderable nending-besides, there is
suppose that efficient help size renders
10 the prisoners within. the phed insid
when 1t taken out, before 1t pushed outside.
10 also believed that buggy was In waiting at NO gre