, 1876-07-11

tHRc EtihnncFS OIL nj n!Rht nnu joiu tuG'H ~
prisoner willie scrTing out a sentence, TO co!nc
md 60 nj his will. md even to work lly Tug day
III u toal.yarl miles away fsum the jail. It
'sns not strange, then, TINT yesterday, In broad
daylight,
PRANK rAtLr ARD "cRAn" Bo!LR,
two Of the gang who recently escaped, and who
hnyo since hccn tssed and sentenced to stx
%Sets ,Soaa esf 'e y a the vii ill., t,o s1pa tRsf tR'sf
coils md gain 4teIr llhertyl They had bean
placed In what Is known as the dcbtor'a de-
partment, and locked In cells removed from otsa
anothcf nt 'GEuar % ,tn 70 ,ay III, both hi. had s s
back OF their cells faced east, and. the t!oors
thereof wrrc on a level with the door Of tho
iron bridge BY which communication Is had Will!
the, jal! ind courtroom. In tie east wall Of
both OF the cells was vcntilattpE flue nadc
20 that Ito presence would not be noticed.
13y attacking this particular line tllcir work
would he materially expedited, and they would
save half their labor. Once having ho'e
ter getting on The bridge, their descent to the
yard and light without detection were almost
certain.
Their e.cape was discovered a few minutes ai-
The case In the past, BY fcllow-priaoner,-tthis
4 was too late to do, any good, yet
shosc who had REACHED the building
upon which the prisoners had descended from
tbs bridge to the yard still swnyiug to and fro.
In the absence Of any better amusement, the
cape had been effected, in which the officers Of
tho tail Joined, lut nothing calculated to throw
any light upon tic subject WAS evolved until
THE CELLS OF THOSE WHO HAD ESCAPED WE'VE
VISITED.
There WIS seen plies Of brick and mortar, bed.
stend with It's legs twisted OF, ant1 scyeral old
knvcs. The sperturcs IN the wall told The rest
Of the story, which WIS nhlinlnntly confirmed
ty visit 10 tho bridge before mentioned, where
was also brick and mortar. at the court end Of
the bridge there were further evidences Of tho
work of the escaped men, where m attempt had
lccn nlat1c to pick tho wall to pieces open thu
Iron door which shut the operators temporarily
everybody nround wns by whom, when, and how
had The liolcs been mntle in tho wall. The OIL
GERS eontcnlcd that tho work had becn
DONE PROM THE OUTSIDE,
or by outside parties, md In proof OF
thi:. they pointed 10 y few pencil marks on the
wall, witch they argued indicated that the job
had been leisareiy laid out BY accompliccs.
Ihis theory was partially sustained ~, 1!,,y by The
said they Ind seen parties TO work on tho wall q
few moments previous, but thought they wcrc
!nasons making repairs, etc. Others went
hsstA ise na ,%ane saa that f4om 'sy iay bSe
III thcir. escape, but did not know who they
we're. Numerous other theories were advanced,
but the fact that the men had escaped wRs all
there was that could be sustained by any proof,
unless It was TINT tho scupidIty atld iicompe-
tcnry Of the jail authorities Ind again been H.
Illustrated.
When the Escape came to the knowledge of
the Sheriff ho wns mt n little provoked, but Ms
story was nj DID 10 him liz lid not tcAr his
hair. The stories md contcctures with which tho
crowd Ind been RECALLED wcrc repeated TO him
With additions of moro Or less Importance, md
when liu lad had a surfclt TIC began to set To
work TO
ArrIE1iEHD MS noANDEHs.
To this end he srAttercd Ills employees in every
direction, and soon thereafter reports began To
como IN that tho prisoners bad hecn seen ~ WI
rtnne localities. In tllD AFTERNOON onc Of the
ing In Calvary Cemetery, md later lie turned llp
nj the jail in tic custody Of Deputy 1lusHsnel(,
and WIS assigned u, cell No. IL. The reporters
fueked around him at uico to heur lis
story, which wns brief and, to tho authorities,
very unsatisfactory. liz denied that he Ind had
any old irom t'le outside whatever IN 1'!a escnro,
and manifested l,sstansy t.a 70 partcaarizu
tint II tls denial of being aided from the nut
side wns true, that 1se hnd nothing Of interest to
disclose un t. night-full nothing bad been
heard from Tally.
Both Of the prisoners wcrn under six month";
sentence for assa,lting an olcer In their former
time were TO he sentenced ono year
| enrh In tho Pcnitcnttary for auot!ler oilcnsr,
| They arc desperate characters, mud tho putting
Of them into All unsnhatAtctl part OF tho JUL was
| injudlcions, anil allowed them OF every oppor'
tunlty that snc,l villains would crnvu; hcl,ce
their late cscnpo 1.nA no css the result OF crilll
'nal carclcssness tllAn was. their former onc,-u
carelcssncss TINT tho Sheriff ought TO bc sntls
| fed by this Time enrl,Dt be provided 1guElls
with Ills present corps Of assistants.