The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-14
Escape d Two jail Birds.


Yestesday. about twelve o'clock, Fox ana Aesr
ley, tbs two alleged thieves who wsrs connneo IN
Jail UNION the charge Of having committed tAe ron
h.,v !. the D.not House few nights since made
hi, ....,. together with the three boys who
v,re arrested for till tapping It the boarding
h.n.. 81 Mrs. FlAsel. The escape va made
,h,ourh an opening in the wall, made with >
.cr.vdriver. which had been furnished them BY An
ost,idsr That individual, whoever he may b,
hid b.tter b cautious or he win be picked mp.
There i. . penalty for such little tricks . that.
The escaped criminals passed from the JAN through
the alley onto Blendeau, and from thence to Finn,
vher, they met Mr.. Estes, one Of our citizens, re-
siding in the suburbs Of the city, to whom they
related the incidents of pretsndsd frishfai runs
sway, stating that woman WAS In the wagon 70
vh;eh the runaway team was attaehsd that II bad
passed out Fifth and requested Mr.. u. TO taks
them, with all possible speed in the direction the
said runaway team had gone. He complied with
their request, so far as II was Convenient for MN
IN do so, after which the two started on foot in
the direction of Reps garden. Meantime ofhcer
Kennedy had been apprised of their escape and
started in pursuit, reaching Mr. Estes stable as
the horses we're being unh!ched. He, In 90 M
pany with that gentleman, mounted them ana
gave chase, oyerhauling the criminals IN tho VI
cinty OF the toll gate. They we're st once riaced
in the banas Of the Sheriff, who had them eop
seyed to the penitentary, at Fort Madison. II
they escape from that place Of confinement L VIZ
ie by means of more powerful Instrument than
a screwdriver.
oeicer Kennedy, we rcgre. 10 learn, met with
an accident bile in the discharge Of his duties,
that will unfit him fer service for some time 10
come. The horse be was riding stumbled, and
filling on his leg broke Il at the ankle, Mr.. h.
was attended by Pref. Hughes, who performed the
necessary operations.
The boys who escaped from the jail Aave not
been caught rs yet
Tar STArs SUNDAY School AssseiArios,
which was held at Clinton, GU the 9th, 10th and
18th inst. was complete sueee-s. About three
hundred delegates. from nearly al parts Ct the
S.a,e were presept, and, while much work remains
10 be done, the accounts are most cheering,
and the reports chow great progress male IN the
good cause.
The mee,iog. vsrs held in the Congregational
Church at first. but this Icing too ANAL to hold
The crowd Of visitors citizens and delegates, they
adjourned to Union Hall, the largest room IN the
city. capable If holding eight Or nine hundred
persons, and this was filled and packed as all Of
ths general meetings.
Two distIng Sunday School rork ers, MT
pardee, Of New York, and Mr.. Moody Of Thu
cs a. were present. and took an active, Althoug h
not an oficioar, part in the deliberations OIL me
Convention. The best Of spirit and real eharae'
,a,;.sa Ali IN. meetings, The addresses were, for
tbs most part. short. direct and prscticel ihs
questions which engaged the most attention were
How to Tesea: Dates of Teachers Prsparssiou
rss.pt;nl 70, Teaching and The Great Aim and
Fad of Sabbath School Instruction.
Our own county was represented by Hon. K. A.
RnsseH, Misses Rhinehart, Bunnell, and AcHen-
RI, Of Fort Madison, and Rufus Hubbard and
H S .ott Howell, Of this city,
pes Moinss was selected as the place If holding
the next Convention.
Our fellow townsman, II. Scott Howell, wa
chosen President Of the Association, ana We con
grstuIaie both him and the Convention in this Sc
lection No one has deeper interest y the Sab
| bath School esuse, and few, if any, in the Stat
IN. labored more fer its prosperity and success.