The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-20


ESCAPED FROM JAIL-Last Sunday the
prisoners confined In the County Jail were
allowed to come out of their cells into the
large exercise room or "corral." At the
foot of the stairs leading from this room up
to the main hall of the Court House, is a
wooden door with lock fixtures which were
secured by staple driven through the plank
and clinched.
At about four O'Clock in the afternoon
Under Sheriff Kennedy stepped across the
street for few minutes, during which time
no one was in any of the rooms above
After he stel ped out, four Of the prisoners,
Hayes, Clark, Thompson, and Schneider,
got a stick of fire wood and pried at the door
at the foot of the stairs until the staple
pulled through the plank and the door flew
open. They then came up stairs, broke
open the door of the Sheriff's office, and
armed themselves, and about that time the
Under Sheriff and Mike, the cook, came
in with supper. The two were muzzled,
rushed down stairs into Jail and pursHaded
to keep quiet by means Of a cooked reyol
yer pointed at them. An Ak was then pro
cured from the Office above, and with It,
Hayes, CLARK, and Thompson cut the con-
Meeting chains on their shackles, Sehnei-
der not being shackled. Just after the
shack les were cut Sheriff Hull, followed by
Assessor Osburn. entered the Court House
hall. Hull saw that the prisoners were
, loose as lie got to the door of his Office, and
: he rushed inside to get arms, but they hac
been appropriated, and he turned to fine
| himself helpless prisoner, with cooked
weapons, in the hands of determined men
drawn on him. Osburn, who was behint
) Hull, saw what was up, in time to jump in
to the Court Room, and from there he soor
lodged out into the street and gave the
alarm. Seeing that the alarm would bt
given by Osbu-n, the robbers quickly lief
: the Court House, jumped on to Dunn's barr
shed, slid to the ground, and broke for tht
hills north of town Clark made good time
. about half way up Mcdonald hill, where
: Billy Dunn brought him to, by firing {
h couple of shots across his bow. Thompson
was overhauled and brought to parley, jus
above L. Garrecht's residence, by JOSEPH
Pryor, who was uuarmed, and Kennedy
: coming up at this juncture, secured th'
: fugitive. Schneider got away, but was re
captured Tuesday, as stated elsewhere
Hayes also made his escape and his rear
rest is not yet reported, but Kennedy ant
o his assistants, are on bis trail in Tehama Co.
and close upon him. Sheriff Hull ant
the Express Company offer $500 reward
!, for him. The following is the Sheriff's de
. scription of him:
# Shorty Hayes is about FIVE feet fv
inches in hight, very stout or heavy built
. will weigh about 100 lbs light complexion
blue eyes, has large scar across RICH
cheek, thin scanty beard, of about fou
weeks growth, and sandy color, is an Irish
3 man. When he left had on dark blu
e sack coat or Pea Jacket, nearly new, darl
r pants, fine custom made boots with a smal
e heel, about No. skies, wore black hat, wa
f armed with an old Smith & Wesson cart
ridge loading five shooter, and had rivetet
shackles on his legs with the connectin.
|. chain cut; was held for Stage Robbery ant
o is an old crnvict