, 1876-05-02
hGNEW'S LAMBS.
One More of Them Returned to His
Old Quarters.
What Tho jail Committee Of The County
Board Think of the Escape.

under che guard Of Oil,cer HIayton. His uAmo In
Andrew Smith, snd io says 10 gavo himself IN
TO the officer voluntarily, believing that he would
bo acquitted when hts case comes tip Saturday.
lie tolls about tho sano story Of Tho nscaPs "a
MAS detailed at length IN yesterdays TRIBUNE,
TIE FIRST INITIATION iE NAP
that anything unusual wAs occurring about tie
jail Sunday morning wAs tho appearance OF
Nevels. or another man. hs Is not posIslve OH
this roint, ut Tho door of cell a5, pounding and
calling fur his follow-oceupant, Afox McCabo.
Whom tile idea that ho might gain bis liberty
flashed on lin all Ia tho twintlny Of an e.e, he
determined On the impulse Of tho nofneut 10
inalto bold dash for freedom. 1t was all tho
work Of a moment or two. hicCabo was 30 un-
prepared far It tha. ho le In hs hasts to drtss aud
Eet ou bis coat aud vent In tho CELL simply throwing
on orercoat over h!a undsr'aIrs aud thrusug hts
linen shirt nnder bis ovtrcoat. AZ caeh coil
was successIycIy opened, Tho occupants
rushed dnwn tho ssatsA and formeo \
mob Ut thu Office. Every ono for himself
and nobody clte, and tho nnln effort seemed TO bo
AMI tho other Icadcta kept the key until a tina
teen wsra l'berate wnen tasy opensd T. rab,A peIi-
Gac, and txo minutes later each Inan had gone h,s
way nlone. There t!n1o for. con,o1aation. II
importance ot looksna out for hsa own !nA!.iaMa,
eafeiy. smith walked oisurtly down Michigan atreet
ID Wsss s %
sssSss. ~ nssussl ua%ss .Ss si,saa...aess' sna
sS'sa up ~" e s ponssFsa sese over h'n n
swoke yad.erday morning not caring vefy much
mind he went out for walk without taking any ire.
cautions whatever hg.nss discovery In tLs couEse Of
s walk whom ahonlt be meet but Officer Hlayion WIN
recognized sntth aud Expressed tha opnlon that he
Taa Walking about rather cooIiy smsh replied that
Cnt tn ia NJ ARF hA
preferred Icing escorted back to hia former place
+:.u=t - Vt Chicagos blue. coated bravr, than
reason be .sssr,s 10 accepted tic ocers kindly in-
st.sIon, mad in hnlt hour back In iis old acs
he hadn't tried to estape but naiatans that ho gave
ll'nsef up simpiy beeause 1o kasw he would be ac-
Ieen su!lty snd in suger Of punishment, ho says Le
would have Shown particular haAte about rutufuinE
1le haant sho slightest idea where tho re,s'ades !"
the wanderers Ere, Conhdcuo.s Wfre exchanged,
anu oytry nan Looked cut for number one.
Still HUNTING HEN. -.
| gentleman ly tho nhne Of Sullivan, who lives ut
South Eugleuoos, saw Capt. Hubbard, former jaiirr,
coming IN Oh the tsain yesscrd.y morning. aud icarn
g fr1n hin that seo men u, 1ad been ssEr.ssd N
eEs Tho matter Haa reported TO The Itoner auhori-
!les, md means Wcrs tskea 70 identify ths men.
Agueu cat sparo il still on tbs huut, but tile recap.
i tura Of tie boys Ia doubtful.
| SECURITY or THE JAIL.
TRIBUNE reporter spent part Of ycstefdAy aftcr-
noon In stclng tie lemDeE1 Of tho Jail Committee OF
the County Hoard in tefarcnce tn the question whGth
posva for which il Is iatcde sad whehor shs asast-
ance a s.Snc,cut c Il onablsd 10 present the op!n
ions Of iii tho members If tho Committee, with Que
iy-boRrd rooM wntn tic Reporter happened around,
having previously left tho mteting and Hoae hotue.
Co!nulias!oner Mu1oy. thought the Jail WIS pretty
accure. Ills knowledge was quite genernl, though,
aud he could nut say be WE actually familiar with TIC
! value OF its prGteusons to a7fety. ....
| Commissioner Con1y admitted that he WAS hardly
prearcd to express opinion on the subject uo bad
way other fourteen bad gotten out and rim o1.
He sail tho Committee would doubtless take look 1t
tho jail In day Or two, md whether tlcro
any grounds for apprehension Or room fps improves
Commissioners s1ccsarey thought tho jail was secure
There was bad management however, aud thcro was
lust Where tho trouble fsy. Tho County Board hnd
done ali III is power to mako Tue jail secure a addi-
tlon OF tho heavy warc network proving valuable AZ
Improvement in tho infringement OF thu placs.
| Commissioner hchmtdt held that, Instead OF the
otcu being too small # too targc, aud not of tho
right kind efthur. lie went FAR 10 SAY that
| The tlcputies md bail!ns "weut On busts aud got
drunk and how, under the cirrunstancca, was II to
b. wondered 1t If prisoners DID eseapc once In !
who7 l1eytuo this. the management Of the ~atchmen,
their houra for Ae performance of duty, and O:hci
mattern ot detail sheriff receive attention. "hsu
Tho voics Of tho Commisteo wuula aee.n to hs fot
reform.
THE w1kDow-nAnH.
It was stated IN yeatcrday4 TniBUNE, In 1ts nc
counta Of torur jail eacapes that tho contract fo,
4hn bars tie Windows prescribed that teJ should
DO tnch n tlckucsa whe. in Iea!lty, tue builder
atreoter, tho builder, informed Tn.nrxE reporter
yesterday that lhlS was erroneous. Tho contract
specified thrco-7uarto Of Al Inch bars and tho bars
wege put n according 10 contract, although he 1t THE
| t1o unusually klu1l Blzc.