Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-06-10
A General Jail Delivery.

A General Jail Delivery.
f About six o'clock yesterday
f morning, eleven prisoners escaped
( from the County Jail, after binding
. and gap ging the Jailer 1t is the
J. Jailor's custom to 60 into the Jail
, at about the time mentioned every
/, morning, and release one man from
his cell to clean up the building. -
| This man then unlocks the doors
of the other cells that the occupants
maY bathe and prepare for break
fast, so that when the Jailer re.
turns he finds all ready for the
morning meal. On going into the
Jail this second time the Jailor's
custom has been to lock the outer
door, after entering, and throw the
keys through the small opening
into the office, so that when he
passed through the outer door into
the presence Of the prisoners, they
could not escape even if they sue
ceed in oyerpowering him, In the
first visit in the morning, however,
it has been his custom to lock the
door and put the key in his pocket,
as the prisoners were, at that hour,
all locked in the cells, and only one
was released by him.
Yesterday morning Mr., George
Earhart' jailer, went into the Jail
from the Office where he sleeps, in
the usual way He unlocked the
door Of cell in which was conlin,
ed Joseph Harris, one of the West
erville burglars, This cell was
near one occupied by VIM. Nicely,
indicted for BdTglarly, who some
weeks since fell from the top ofthe
Jail, and had been under treatment
ever since. Neely's was open, and
one Of the prisoners, James f.
Carnes was employed as his nurse,
and was sitting with him,
Harris, as he stepped out, caught
Earhart by the throat and threw
him backwards. Nicely sprang
from his bed and assisted in tying
apillow case tight about the mouth
tying sheet over the jailer's head
as to confne his arms, and in tying
his feet together. This done, they |
put him in the cell just vacated, and |
took from him his pistol and keys.
They then unlocked the doors Of
the other cells, and with nine 9th
er prisoners walked through the
office to the front door and escap-
ed
Mr, Earhart succeeded in remov- i
ing some Of the bandages and strug-
gled to the door, to give the alarm,
but not in time to prevent the es-
cape, There were included in the
party that escaped, the following:
William Fox, Alexander Dobbs, |
William Waterman, Joseph Harris,
Thomas Jackson (col. J, William
Howe, Eugene Marsh, Abe Heade
and Frank McPher3on ind cted for
burglary, and Reddick Bowen
(col. indicted for murder. i
James L Cunes, of Franklinton,
indicted for highway robbery, and
who was nursing Nicely was much
surprised at the sudden improve
ment of his patient, but would not
follow his example. Hills and Tone
also refused to go and the cell Of
Heiscr, the only other man in the
Jail was not opened.
Bowen, who is among those who
escaped, is the negro arrested some
weeks since for the murder of his
father-in-law near Shadeyille.-
Marsh, Hea3c and Mcpherson were
concerned in the burglary at Col
lier's Hair Store, Corrodi's saloon
and in burglaries at Groveport and
The escape was evidently long
considered project, and it is tho't
was well understood by outside
parties.
Sunday morning was chosen for
the attempt because on every other
morning the Sheriff's deputies are
in the office.
The announcement of the es-
cape created intense excitement in
the city, and in a very short time
about forty men were securing the
the country under the direction of
the Sheriff and his deputies and the
Jailer Up to n late hour last
night none of the prisoners had
been recaptured.-O. s. Journm.
Of Moaday