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rope. Tho act, at tho tino, wAs thought to
show tho general strongth Of the now and mag
n'flcont County Jail. II MAS then stated llas tho
ahortn did hot feel auro Of his prsonors,
a. Tho jul was regarded as insecure, tic plans
having mover been submittod for examination OF
suggoHsIon. Ihe bars prted apart by The bows
Horc Il Of m lnct, III diameter. and not incl,
~ tho contrac. called for.
RYAN AND MILLER.
John RYAN and Fred Miller. two noted crimi-
pals, IN prtsou for larceny. freed themselves on
Dec. .. 1871 from lltnt'o by cutting through ths
iron barn Of tolr cell doors With tools Cotton to
them ,n,ystonons'y and which wero evidently
In the touf they crawled out, AUD by ncans Of
. ladder 10 lower roof they descended, and
from tloro ropo Lot them to the
se'' el close snous 'a watching tei there e rhs 10
time, OWING to tho drunkenness OF one Of tho
keepers There Was also talk of putup Job,
bnt the main chuse waa tho lightnoss Of tho Iron
ss4It Mork and sho improper arrangement Of tho
oomned It and said that THO building vAs By no
masnH what tt should be. Jai1er Hand, who sue
eeoded folz, hold the samo viowa. aud saw many
points xhefe improvements could 10 1lade aud
It wAB thought That to rightly strengthen the
building tho county would have to e1pand
sl0,000 or si6. .U00 in Iron improvement
CHARLES RICHARDS.
Another escape occurred Feb. II, 1876, whom
Chhrlns richards, alias Ducky brown, freed
hinself from dussnce.vio by cutting through
tho o-inctl stono slab IN tho end Of hls coli Win
tools furnished him. It was supposed by fe-
mhlo friend. a hoio being cut through The
stone. tho man crAwfed up tic vonti1ator and
out upon the roof. Once thoro, hc easily got
down and walked ont Of the latl-yard gates.
which nro never locked being merelv fastened
OIL tho inhide. TITO escape attracted Official at
tention. and tho dFAnd jury nosed asnund ono
afsernoon and inspected tho cell OF the pEiauncr.
butt tl.nft tcn
where the trouble lhy or how 1t could bo
ramoilea wera nok forthcoming.
JOHN HorKlSs,
a prisoner, who had been wounded In tho hfp by
bullet when eugaXed II the robbery for which
ho was Imprisoned. was placed In Inc Insane
Department, and 1t 1As thought that he could
not eReape on account Of hts inturioA by Boma
ucane Unknown. ho unlocked tho door OF the
elosator-way mud descended to = lower ntory,
whence ho oeoapod. 1io was fitss missed 1t
breakfast whon lilo roll waa called, and bis ab-
senco was I1expl,cable apparenslr. 1t was be-
lEeved that outside parties assiBted him, and
had carriage IN waiting to take him quickly
away. It was also thought TINT somc corrupt
employees in tho jail planned and watched for an
opportunity to lot him slide.
LUDWIG AND NOLAN
The frequency Of jail escapes was again illus
trated Oh tho 25th Of last Docombor, Jamos
Ludwig, and Jamcs Nolan. two bad boyB
who had boon for soma time in the Jail, xese a.
1owod Undue liberty Of movement. Ludwig
was allowed to do Lati wogk, aua wait upon bis
folluwa. lie secured come table knives, aud ho
and Nolan, who bud become fast friends,
planned tholr course Of action. Making SAWS Of
tho knlyeB they sawed tho bArB Of No!an's coll.
Together they removed tho paddock from the
scutt1e iu tho coiflng, and woro soon on tho roof
from which point tue ladder to tho lower roof,
and o rope which Ludwig ha1 obtained. put
WAS recaught. Jailer Doyle again spoke Of tho
insecurity Of tho jail, aud blamed tie County
Board tint it to''k no hood Of tho numerous
escapes. nor Lie repeated recommendations that
changes be made.
DUNCAN, AL1AB MuLDooy.
| The last attempted, but not successful ut
tempt. Mt escape occurred OIL tho 18th Of Inst
| FebrunrY 4 man cailsu Muldooh, uhoBe real
nane iB Duncan. had call from q womnn.
/ Whoa tho cago door was opened to let her de-
part Muidoon showed hor againss the iatler. and
/ thus tho door lying wldo oben, ho rushed otlt
| and ran. Ho WAS seized several times by Luke
AGnow. but hiuidoon brnntuhod knlfe and cut
AHnow'e hand, making hin sulease hls hold. Tho
prisoner tiod out OF the Jail office where tue cut.
ting occurred. out snto the 1ai1-raEd. and upon
| tho street. After M exciting Auu brief chase,
10 Was rccapturod and lodged in safe quarter.
.AdHEw's ylEws F1pTEES MONTHS AGO.
| TnE TuIDUSE Of Jsn. O. 1876, contained q long
article on tho inBccurlty Of tho County Jail, the
possibilities OF eHcape. and Sheriff Agnew' a
ccnsuto on iudisor1mlnate admission. Do aaid.
In tho interview, that ho regarded tho place as
insecure. Hc Tnnt0d An iTon dnoE from tho Of
lice to tho yasd. lie would also hayo an nddi-
| tiona! mnn OIL night duty. Tho cci!ing ho
| thought BAould be covered with boilcr-il on, as
| q poraon could stan'l On tho rail Of tito ttird
tier Of cells aud pick huio to tho root in tivo
minutes. Once To tho roof, tho rest was mere
| play.
| With other improvements he suggested that
| persona applying for admission to soc friend
should bo rnado to get passes. as al person.:
could not be searched, especially women. ant
| thev wore the ones who smuggled In goods u
| thoiE friends,