The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-26
CITY AND STATE NEWS.
The Gold and Other Markets, and
miscellaneous Matter, to be found ON
fhe Fourth Page.

THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE, ONE Is KILL
ED AND Two WOUNDED.-AbOut two
o'clock yesterday morning desperate
outbreak occurred at the Jail in this city
by which three prisoners effected their
escape, one received fatal shot and two
wounded The names of the men who
escaped are as follows: n. T. Eldridge,
alias Bidwcll, Brand, etc. sentenced to
two years confinement for swindling
and conspiracy; John Shelton, of Cana
da, sentenced TO fifteen years c'niinc
inent for burglary; Charles Wilson, alias
Pugh, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, sentenced to
six years confinement for robbery. VIM.
Moreland, o, Carol comfy, Ohio, con-
victed of horse stealing and sentenced
to five years Imprisonment, was killed
by "a ball from revolver fired by the
Jailor. Abncr Marks, of Grafton, W Va +,
convicted of rohbing the Adams En-
press, aud sentenced to seven years inl-
priSonment, was wounded in the foot by
pistol ball, and James C. Hughs, of
Mason county, w. Va, convicted Of horse
stealing, and sentenced To two years i'm
prisoument, was wounded in the arm
Neither OF the wounds are serious.
The men engaged in the utbreak were
all convicts, and were all confined in the
county Jail, which is at present occupied
as temporary pnnitentiary They were
all confined in cells on the first floor of
the prison. By some manner or means
the meu broke open their cell doors and
gained entrance into the hall They
then went 60 work and cut hole through
the western wall OF the building, i,to a
chimney. This much accomplished, The
men crawled into the chimney and down
into the furnace which is used for heat
ing the prison In winter hole was burst
ihrOngh the furnace walls, and the pris-
OucTs were in the basement hall OF the
Jail Here they armed themselves with
bricks and marched on ito victory or
death" Enc0untering a Waterman at
the foot of the basement stairs, the pris-
'ouers assaulted him with bricks, and sue
ceeded in telling him to the iioor. A
rush was made mp stairs, where the men
met the TAILOR. Two or three OF the men
gained the stairway before the TAILOR
secured his revolver As the iailor
emerged from his room, lie was met with
a shower Of bricks He fired upon the
men, aud succeeded i'll instantly killing
Moreland and wounding Marks aud
iIughS
While the scuftle was goingon between
the tailor and these three men, Eldridge,
Shelton, and Wilson reached the second
story of the jail and succeeded i'll max
ing their escape by leaping through a
window The men were in their bare
feet, and by the SCOT which they had re-
ceived in the chimney, their foot prints
could be traced all over the building, and
prints Of their black hands were visible
all over the walls In leaping fiom the
window Eldridge lost his coat, which
was left suspended from lamp, and
Shelton lost a shoe When killed, More
land was in his bare feet, and had his
boots tied together and thrown across
his arm. One of the wounded men says
Eldridge broke open his door and told
him he was free, if he would make the
effort.
A squad of soldiers was started III pur-
suit of the men ten minutes after the es-
cape, but owing to the darkness of the
night the men eluded the soldiers and ut
last accounts had not been heard from
A Coroners inquest was yesterday
morning held over the remains of More
land, and verdict rendered that the de
ceased came to his death from the effects
of wound inflicted by the Jailor, while
in the discharge of his duty The body
was buried yesterday morning.
The Governor offers reward of one
hundred dollars each for the escaped pris-
oners. Measures have been taken for the
construction of iron bars over all the
windows of the Jail and in the front of
he hall, and every precaution will be
tal ep to prevent another such outbreak.
'"h
npo YNED.--A coal miner named VIM.
yo,no :, -as drowned in the river near
Deep Run, abont five miles above the
c;tv on satm day night. He was coming
dawn from T,'ltoIsyille to Deep Run,
when he fell out of the Skiff and was
drowned. He was a heavy oniit man.
about 5 feet 8 inches high, r~'tnef gray
headeded, and 46 years old. HAD on
black coat, white cloth pants anu no
vest; had on his person pocket book
containing SIS or $50 He leaves wife
and child.
THE FORTY THIEVES" AFLoAT A
dispatch was yesterday received in this
city directing the seizure of some forty
or fifty men and like number of horses,
when they reached here. The men ap-