Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-01
ehl> Of Mstrepolitaa Block,
Raxnar. DlOck, Clinton Place.
Ac me AmcflOn To-day.

0A1O of MotropOB1goo AOeAs ,
Baxnar. Block, Clinton Place,
&C.. al Auction To-day.
Tho auction sale Of the personal proper
ty and real estate Of r. d. Hill, bankrupt,
commenced this morning by Ira NJ. Clifford.
assignee. The forenoon was occupied 10
selling notes and papers. Among the real
e.sats sold this afternoon VAS Metropolitan
Block, for e25O, bid in BY a. Hill. Of Bes-
ton. Nos. 8, 4,5, 6. I. and 8, Clinton
place, bringing respectively el5. $lol,
81. t27. tc5, and $50.
Lots /. 2, Q and 8, Bazaar Block, brought
$46.50, S32, $25 and $l3. All Of the prop
city herein named vas bought 10 by MI.
Hill, Of Boston. The sals 10 in progress
az We 60 to press.
ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.
Three Men Break Jall-Twe
Recapsured.
From the Rock Island Union Of Oct. lst.
About six o'clock last evening Deputy
Sheriff Charles Engel. in charge Of the jail,
stepped into the cage" or small apart
ment 10 front Of OF the grating to get q COZ
lee pot from the prisoners. The frat, or
"blind" door, leading from the hall to tho
cage. 10 usually left open in the day time !;
the second door, few inches from this, 10
always kept locked, and it . the duty Of an
officer, after entering the cage, to turn and
take out the key Of this door before open.
ing the grating that communicates with the
keep. Instead Of doing this Engel stood
in the open doorway Of the second door,
and unlocking the grating, told ono Of the
prisoners to hand him the cei1ss pot.
John g. Lane. the guitar burglar, st once
stepped into the cage, and closing with
Engel, endeavored TO choke him. Two
other prisoners. Henry 3. Lewis and Jack
Rawlings, Immediately entered the cage,
and Lewis assisted Lane in holding Engel.
The latter had raised an alarm. and Mrs.
Pssiz entered The ball from. her sitting room
and closed the blind deor. Just - she
Vas proceeding 10 lock il the three prison
srs forced it open, and ssizing Mrs. Poets
tho street door and ran of in different d.
rections. Mr.. Engel. regardless Of the fact
that seven prisoners YET rss ined in the
jai', started in psrsuit Of the escaped three,
leaving every door from the keep to the
street standing wide epen. Ars. Pestz,
who had received very severe eus on the
back Of the head when thrown upon the
stairs. lost no tine in rsgsining her feet.
and with admirable presence Of mind closed
and blocked the blind door and pfsvsnted
the further egress Of prisoners.
Quite number Of citizens were passing
on Orleans street ct the time, and when
they saw the prisoners running, started in
pursuit. Lane and Rawlings were almost
immediately recaptured and taken back.
but Lewis contrived to disappear, and up
10 . late hour no trace of him has been dis.
covered.
Lewis had been sentenced 10 six months
imprisonment last May for stealing . re.
have expired on the 10th Of November, but
he had learned that the Iowa authorities
were anxious to get posi- ssion Of bis per
son, on account Of safe blowing operation
Of his ss Wapsllo, Iowa, and hence his
anxiety to escape.
Sheriff Psstz and Deputy Sheriff Payne
were in the court room ct the time, guard
ing Brooks and Seymour, two desperate
ruffians who were being tried for robbing
Rev. John Covert. The jail. with its pr;s-
oners, was at the time entirely in charge Of
Mr.. Eugel. 1t 10 greatly to be regretted
that Lewis escaped. He is supposed to be
the leader Of gang Of despsradoes who
make business Of robbery and plunder.-
He had boasted that he could open any safe
in the world. Although his present term
bad nearly expired, he drc lded falling into
The hands of the Iowa authorities. He re-
pestedly intimated to Deputy Payne that
he would not hesitate to pay Eve hundred
or even . thorsand dollars fer his release.
CHANGE IN CoNNEcrroNs.-An important
change has been effected BY the White Col
ar Line, whereby tn, passengers will be
transferred at Savanna hereafter, instead Of
Port Byron. By this means . .urer con-
nection with tho X. X. will BE- attained
Passengers for the North can take the train
It Rock Island At Gas q. m., arrive at Sa-
'anna at $50, and take the packet which
caves Immediately thereafter, and then
each points above as follows: Dububue
,. M, Prairie du Chen 8 =. NJ, La Crosse
Il m, and St. Paul next evening, twenty
our hours ahead, it is claimed, Of any other