The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-03-10
DEER LODGE CITY, FRIDAY, MARCH 10


lSGS-STAMvEUES-l
The Indepenasn. Of lust week throws it
self into mild convulsiOns because of on
reference 10 the tim. ''whcn prisoners wcr
walking out Of the j.!! ut their own swcc
will"
Perhaps VIC dill wrong to alludc to tn
former administration Of the county jail in
that manner. In fact. we are quite sure Oi
Il We amend now by asserting that it wa
notoriously cxtravayant AID almost totally
inefficient. We don't care to fight on thi.
old ground, where the Independent is un
nerved by the thick studded graves % its
candidates. But if in It's folly it seeks thai
field for another to, and Mr.. Smit /
thinks the din will rcsurrect him to better
official life next August, sc will accomno
date him.
1t cites tho escape OF Sullivan, Null
len and Bagg, in contrast with that OF
Lit,lcleld, Hughes, Thompson and carp
Tho former cscspel through the door Of the
Jail, and have lever been rcca?tured. They
were under sentence for murder, and hal
oDst the county $4,000. We have 1t from
good authority that they eamped for some
days near Philipsburg; that word was sent
the authorities here, and no attempt worthy
Of the name was made TO follow, head OF
capture them.
The Independent docs not mention Ryan,
coNrisled Of murder in Tie sccond degree.
sentenced to ten years imprisonment, and
who was permitted to come into town, loaf
in tho saloons, and for which the Sheriff
vas indicted Ryan refused to walk out
OF tho Jail with Sullivan & Co.. and was
subsequently, pardoucd.
Neither does the lndPen6est mention
drummer" Brown, indicted for murder in
he first degree, who escaped from jail. was
reported TO the authorities by Judge Wilcs,
- being at his saw mill, six miles from
Door Lodge, took dinner at tho sa;% mill
cabin tho day 3fler tho information was
given, and never was captured.
During tho first eighteen months of the
administration preceding tho present one.
1t cost Deer Lodge county tic rou.id sum
Of $33, 0307 Is for the enforcement OF the
criminal law alone, and with one exception,
every prisoner committed to Jail during that
time for any great crime, escaped BY walk.
ing out Of the door of the Jail, and none
were rccApturcd. This is the administers.
Hdr tie Independent defends. and pro-
Nyuhccs us "insolcnt" for Having denoun.
ccd. Has i. rot respect t!oagh for the
pronounced judgment Of the gubu citizens
Of tho county, who, principally On that is.
tue, Oustcd the incumbcnts riot aud branch
from tho county Offices. Were they ''inso.
lent thou great and g'ngerly cxponc It
and nrb!tcr OF etiquette!
And now look At tho other picture. The
present officers have had charge Of the Jail
sixteen months. During that time, there
has been from three to ten prisoners in
ehSrgc--includirg tho Pcnitcntiary con
vlcts of tic Territory, naturally the most
DESTROYS to escape. and reasonably to bc
supposed tho slircwdcst, most daring of pris.
Oncrs. OFT repeated attempts TO escape.
were frustrated by the keen vigilance of
the officers, but finally two weeks ago, they
eliminated the effort Of four months per.
sistcnt labor, and cunning devices and cs-
caped--not through tho door, 1t seemed
almost impossible that, II they separated,
oil should be caught, hut in twelve days
from the escape, errry prisoner 70 back in
ne cells, and II las not cost the County
dollar. Under Sheriff Dickinson. and Dep
utics James MidlauXh, and Charles 8. War.
scn, travelled day and night on horseback
and foot over 1900 miles, through storm
and SHOWS, heading ,llcm With information
on every practicable line Of exit until there
vas not road by which they could escape,
where como trusty persons were not watcl-
ing for them. Having escaped, with agood
clear starr of ten hours, LittlcdelL, Thomp
son, Hughes and carp have Aaa demon
stra,ion of tho fact that their work Of cs
cape from tho present Shcriff's officers Of
Deer Lodge, Is only begun when they get
out of jail, and that the end Is the same old
quarters, new irons, and the uncomfortable
conviction that their labors, pains, privs-
ti"ns and hardships, are no good.
We endorsed the officers last week when
three Of the escapes were It large. We art
pleased nov 10 inform the indptndeAt.
that those officers have under safe lock and
key tho credentials If e1Icientj-Mctsrs.
Littlehcld and CO.-and will have them at
any time between how And Nov. LIST, in
rooms Nos l, .. and 8, first floor, ct what
Littleheld calls title Notd De Jones. 80
much for 1.-THE ttnmpetlcs ef 1888 and those
Ut 1871"
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