, 1875-08-02
LAW-BREAKERS.
Curious Story in Connection with tho
Nathan Murder Mystery.
Another Victim Of the Williamson County
Vendetta.



DsnreY tCo7} Ntus. Juty -.
4 bold cscapo of prisoners from tho County
Jail occurred at o'clock yesterday aftornoon.-
the sccood escape within the past six months.
At tho hour abovo montioned-that IL at
o'coek-overythiug eccmcd unusually quIet in
tho iail. Capt 1licla1d Ropsis, tho jailes,
was lip Town, and 10 WAS Sheriff Wil1oughhY.
whose faulty cccnpy apartments in the front
part Of tho buldtl.s. Tho door between tho
otlico nnd tue prison proper WA open. Loo
yopris and Edward lIo1tz, Tho guaras OH tn.y
ut tho lime. wero scented by tho tRblo in tho
Office, or soccrtion.room. ono reading and tho
other fumbng pack Of cards. The door
lad boon left open, &c USUAL to enabo
tho guarla to hear What was going Oh
iuH.do. Suddenly tllure vaB rush through
tho opcn door, and the guards found tllcnl~
solves at tho mercy OF gang Of prisoners,
onslaught. lloItz received sl,roo strokes abnut
tho huad. one back Of tho uft car, ono over tho
right oyc and unottor actoss the nose. S1pris,
who. when tho ruaa was made, had atom pied
to draw his revolver, was knocked down. and tho
revolver Knocked from hfn hand by q blow upon
tho wrist, Holtz wns now prostrate upou tho
flour, nens1y or quito iIsenBlble, and tho next
thug wan to snbjugnto SopriH, Who. being q
powerful! man, wnH fighting tholn uand to hand.
aud still ralrcntipg tnto 4 back room. whore
there wee 1uat'od guns.
HI He WAS struck upon tho nrms, head md back
and finally knocked down and oyerpowofed and,
together With Iio1tz and a Moso." tho cook. who
had been carturod OIL the stairway, carried to
ing and lnsenkif,ls, npon the floor u the cell,
shuvod bopria aud Nose to tho further e,d nnd,
swinging haclt the heavy iron door. invited tho
prseoners in that ward to Join them. Two meu
stopped out, but the othors, mono Of whom nro
really had n'an, refrsed to 70, aayins thoy
would take no huntl in tho bloody deod. Lock
Ing Tho cell.tlnor, tho big inside door, mud all tue
doors STOUT tho jail. including tho ono !oadlug
from the Office Into the private apartments,
wl,ero puIse girl and SlaoriiT Willoushby's
children wcrc, tho prisoners took their coats
their arns, anu marched puE OF tho building,
taxing tho koys Will thotn.
Tho prisoners vino escaped nrp e. Hall, ". ".
Wilder, Jncob Strauss. Harry Leighton, Frank
two first mined aore waiting trial for mutdci.
They linya been riug!calors III gang OF thlcvca
md dosnrndoeB III tho plnorca uIi tue Divide, In
Elucrt County. Harry Leighton. Dcnverito.
md tho 8layor Of Anderson, ID under ncnkcncc Of
ten years III the Peuitentiary, but whB confined
Anro becnuso there wAB no room for him in tho
Canon City institution. jacob stranHs was seh-
tenccd, ut tl.o April term Of Court, 10 eighteen
F1nuk Collins il negro. still ia hH teens, WHO
killed another negro last tlunth iu fracas In a
tining.room at lingo. Mcdonald IL charged
With h'ghwny robbcry. and is dusporado as we'll
~ n thief.
How did thoy get out Thoy sauel on ono
Of Tho iron bars in tue corridor surrounding
Wards aud Q. Wllou or how they obtained tho
saw il G mystery. Ihoy crawlcd through this
aperture into tho alt!o Or court, and must haye
nassed themselves about tho Office door before
making tho dash, and dung 1t all very quietly.
They uBod tho bar Ut sawed lion as bludgeon
III tho ATTACK on tho guards. Hall seemed to
have 'l!arSo Of the gang and led the attack.
iie toaIt Holtz tho Three torr,bio blown on tic
HfIAE Il lad tR{k III SNhf fpt, nrI
pul,ald III Telling boptis to tho door. The iron
lludgeon and tho table whoro uoltz WAS seated
SIC hccAed with blood. A dirty sock. with a
pteco Of brick iu the cnl Of i, maxing q sort Of
near by 1t tho half Ut brick, which had been
dug out OF the floor OF opu of tho coils.
Now lot ua return to tho Escape. After locking
the guards and tho cook IN tho cell. and buforo
leaving tIso building. they took Horny rile,
neodte-Euu. shotgun, and two rcvolyors, with
what ammunition happcnod to bo 10 sight, As
they left the JUL aud walked GU past tho stable,
they came RcroHs - Loft Smith, col0rod, who
does chores about tue jail; Quo of tho mon
on :. LoT," who "lotr tia. place instanter, aud
Tue 1all.biIds hurried on. while bmith ran around
into the jail, hnd, hunting up nn extra kov, un-
locked tlIe doors md envo tue alarm. Bomo OF
tho boys a, inside ., theE cells whose Poslsloa
through tllo south Windows say ttat two
Of tho. escaping prisoners, upon roachng
tho bunk Of Cherry Crock, short distance from
tho taiI, mounted couple Of horsca aud solo
away. rhey were probably mistaken, however,
as tho whole gang OF aoyou were afterwards
seen, near bln!th's Lake, tnileB from town, IN a
huckBtor's wagon, which they bud met on the
road and preeBea Into service. The owner Of
tho outht had been roleyed OF tho lue4 mud
whip, aud thoy were all engaged IN urging tho
puuy to do bis leYol boat. IAoy had had tinle to
got several miles from town before any orga,,-
lied pursuit was undertaken. After time, low
ever, number OF officers. aoyoral scouts, aud q
Squad OF ctlxens. well mounted aud asmod, got
on. following tie road up Gla,ry Crock. a. 1t
was generally beloved that uali and Wilder
would strike for the pinoscs Oh tho Divide,
wleEe thoy have plenty OF sympatbizers.
!. LA1RR.-8eyeral of the officers returned to
tho city At a o'clock this morning, haytnH in
charge the negro Collins aud Martin Dailoy, whp
Herc captured Rt O'Clock, near tho Twenty
h1ls House, on Cherrv Creek, Hall, Wilder, aud
leighton escaping to tho woods. Mcdonald aud
strauss atluca on towaglu the Platte.
THE NATHAN MURDER,
AZ tho session OF the Assembly Committee On
Crime, III New York. on Friday, Hidney II. Conk-
ling. who was d policeman at tho time Of tuo
murder Of Dsn1aua!n Nathan. In July, 1870, was
faA ri rbnf,1 ut1