Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-09-06
LOCAL ITEMS
DARING ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL.
Harrington Almost Regains his Lib.
erty.

Harrington Almost Regafns his Lib.
erty.
Yesterday evening" at about half past
q o'clock, one of the prisoners in the
County Jail gave information that the
inmates of that institution were about to
make break The Sheriff and his
assistants were Immediately notified of
this, and the Jail was searched forthwith
hole was found at the bottom of the
back wall, extending clear through it.
The stones had been taken out for a
width Of about two and a half feet, and
height Of, perhaps, two feet. As the
hole was made farther into the wall
(Which is two and half feet in thick
hess), 1t became smaller, the aperture
through the outer side of the wall being
only about an inch and half in width
and four inches in length.
James Harrington, who is to receive
his sentence to-day. for murder in the
second degree, was fonnd to have the
fetter to which his chain was attached,
sawed completely through, so that he
could at any moment takei it off his ankle
| The instruments used were three. The
excavation was done with a pinch-bar-
an eight-sided bar of iron foot and a
half in length, pointed at one end, and
hattened and slightly curved at the other.
With this tool the stones could be re-
moved with the greatest facility, and it
is considered that this part of the work,
as far as it had progressed, had not taken
more than an hour. A cold-chisel, ap-
parently made from file, and a case
knife, which had been made into q saw,
were supposed to be the instruments
with which the shackel had been cut.
The saw shows that the one who pre-
pared it is q skillful workman; the teeth
being cut with the utmost regularity and
precision. 1t was undoubtedly procured
by some outsider, as the case-knife from
which it was made is unlike those used
at the Jail
Had the prisoners escaped they would
have first entered cellar or dirt-covered
shed, built up against the wall. From
this their exit would have been easy.
Harrington was put into a cell wher
the affair had been discovered, and, {
blacksmith having been called he was
more securely ironed. Whilst We wer'
standing near the Jail door after hayin!
examined the hole, one of the prisoners
speaking to person outside, remarked
. "None of the rest of us would have go
out if We could" This was of cours
thought highly probable.
This daring attempt at escape, whicI
came so near being successful agai
reminds us Of what miserable structur
our County Jail is, and of the necessit
of having better place in which t
keep our criminals.
An ARTIFICIAL FooT. VIM. II
Clark, kind hearted gentleman of thi
: city, some tune ago raised subscriptio
for the purpose of providing an artiticis
foot for a son of Mr.. Sheath. The boy
foot had been amputated in Grass Va
5 lev, California. Mr.. Clark has receive
/. the artificial member, which was obtaine
Q through the kindly offices of DIR. Phi
: son, who sent for it. The foot is n pc
Q feet fit. We often hear of those great
: men who slay their fellow-creatures an
q disfigure their bodies in war, but sedol
1 does the report Of an instance like this
: in which charitable efforts are made
y alleviate the sufferings of our fellow
o creatures, attract the notice 1t merit
: To Mr., Clark and to all those who ha'
:, contributed to make one human bein
% and consequently at least one famil
0 happy, too much praise cannot be give
10 To such as these the Savior Will sa
10 You visited me when was sick.
- INSULTING LADy.-Yesterday evenin
: as a lady was passing down Lacour sire
- in front of Smiths saloon, man, wi
= was under the influence Of liquor, ran
! to her and threw his arms around b
= waist. The lady was, OF course, We
> much frightened; but she was reliev
50 from her embarrassing situation by N
X Smith, who, with all his native PROM
a. ness, walked out and put head oil
20 the insulting individual in question
the most approved style Whipping
Il entirely too good for such an animal
y this. As our reporter came up shor
u after the affair, he heard the man s
40 that he (hic) had never insulted la
=, before in his life. We don't think
80 will ever do it again.
20 ADMITTED TO BAIL.-W. l.. Mckee
- Deputy Sheriff, who shot and killed &c
Q Manning on Tuesday last, was yestere
. brought before j. b. Van Hagen, JUS
- of the Peace, for examination. The
1to cused waived an examination. By
sent Of the District Attorney he was
0'i mitted to bail in the sum of $l0,O 900. +
- of the following named gentlemen u
fed in the sum of $4,000: James
i. Wright, o. P. Sherwood, E. Hamil
az, Henry Phillips, Geo. &. Johnston 5
- Barnes, John Roeder, G. H. Fish,
- Wiederhold, H. Manning, G. R. Ale,
Il der, Peter Harrison, G. d. L'sht' .
10 Clark, H. Ward and A. File.
A P1T1FuL TWELVE DOLLARS.
evening our reporter beheld man
~ Lacour street, near Main, give anot
20 seemingly a creditor, very Sc