The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-15
CITY AND STATENEWS
The Gold and Other Markets, and
MiscelIancous Matter, 90 be found On
the Fourth Page.

ESCAPE AND CAPTURE.-About six
o'clock on Saturday morning S S. Bovar
escaped from the county Jail, and was
captured after short ramble over
Wheeling hill Bovar, as our readersare
doubtless aware. was confined in the jail
on charge of conspiracy and swindlng'
Ever since his confinement he has been
treated kindly and permitted to dine
with the .jailor's family instead OF taxing
his meals in his cell On Saturday morn
inc Tailor Jones invited Bovar down to
breakfast and informed him that as the
jury had found him guilty that would
lie the last time he would be permitted
to take his meals with the family. Bo-
var seated himself at the table, and after
supping little coffee he feigned SICK
ness and endeavored to faint. Saying
he thought little fresh air would re-
vive him, the prisoner walked to the
door of the dining room, and there re-
NAMED for time Jailor Jones finished
his breakfast and went up stairs, where
he remained five or ten minutes, when
he was hailed from the front door of the
iail with "Say, is BOvar in jail!" Jones
replied that the prisoner was down
stairs, when the gentleman at the door
stated that he had just seen him running
up Hampden street. Jones ran out OF
jail and up Hampden street, but failing
to see the fugitive, he returned to the
Jail TO ascertain whether the prisoner
had really taken his departure or not.
Ascertainiug that Bovar had scaled the
walls aud made his escape, the jailor
started in pursuit of him, and ran mp
Quincy street and over Wheeling hill
Nea:ing the stone quarry, Jones asked
the workmen if they had seen a man
running by there few moments before
The Jailor had not proceeded far before
he caught sight of the fleeing prisoner
and ordered him TO come to halt
Fearing Bovar had secured revolver,
and knowing he was an accurate marks
man, Jones ordered him to lie down up
on the ground. Bovar declined doing
so, when he was fired upon. No sooner
had Jones discharged his revolver than
Bovar agreed 10 fold his arms and lie
down upon the ground, which he imme-
diately did in fine style. The Jailor adj
vanced and seized his prisoner and
brought him back to the Jail and placed
him i'm his cell While on their way
to the Jail Jones struck the captured man
once or twice in the face, which caused
the blood to flow rather freely.
MIssING-William Lloyd, of South
Pittsburg, and John III. Dewey, of Mount
Washington, disappeared in a mysterious
manner on Tuesday night last. The two
men were last seen by the night watch
man at the foot of Wood street, Pitts
burg, and, as he states, were on their way
to their skiff for the purpose OF crossing
the river, Lloyd having the oars on his
shoulder. The skiff belonged to Mr.. l..
An oar was picked up by brother of Mr.
Lloyd, it having lodged with some drift
at the head of feet of barges lying be-
low the Clinton Iron Works, and iden-
tilted as belonging to the deceased. The
presumption is that the skiti upset and
floated under some barges. as the river
was rising very rapidly at that time
Lloyd is married man, aged about thir-
ty years, and a mailer by trade. Dewey
is about forty years old, and painter by
trade.