The daily gazette., 1877-10-27
FIRST EDITION!
Am hsc"ped Prisoner secapsured.
From the Washington Star, e|yester,tay

About o'clock last night a stranoa
gentleman entered police haadnuatars E.,
great excitement, the Precipitation roii;na
on ms lace, and inquired of Mr.. Clarvoe
II that was police headquarters. He said
MS name was q. W. Wells, sheriff of At
ianta, Georgia; that he held reo uisit,on
from tne governor Of that state for job
n: JACKSON, car manufacturer of vii
Mlngton, delaware, who had defrauded
Cne staGe OF Georgia out of seven thou
sanu uolars; that he had made the arrest
OF jackson in Delaware, vesterdav morn
ing, when his prisoner professed his an.
ure willingness to accompany the sheriff
PACK 10 Atlanta; that he (Wells) left with
ms prisoner, who kept good faith with
MIN until he arrived In this CITY. On the
arrival OF the train at the 9th street de.
pot he was obliged to get tickets for
Richmond, and when the train started
at o.5O p. m, Jackson requested permi..
sion TO step to the water closet. After
waiting in his seat until he Thought il
time Tor the return of the prisoner he
stepped TO the closet to look for him, and
discovered that his bird had flown. Al
this time the ears were going al orsat
speed down Maryland avenue towards
the Long Bridge, and the conductor in
formed him that he could not stop until
they had crossed the bridge. After cross
ing the train was stopped, ana Sherlff
Wells, seizing his valise and that of the
prisoner, jumped from the train and took
the road back at fast walk. On arriy-
ing at this side he found the draw open.
and had to wait the tedious process OF
polling fiatboat through and closing of
the draw. He then employed colored
man to take one OF his vallses, and both
hurried to the 9th street depot and from
thence to Police headquarters.
Detectives McDevitt and McElfresh
hearing the story jumped out and scare h.
ed every hotel in the city without finding
the fugitives, and came to the conclusion n
that he would take the first train back to
Delaware. They reported what they had
done and their belief that If he had not
left for that city, he would probably do
SO. The time tables were examined, and
1t was found that train was about to
leave on the Baltimore and Ohio road.
Sheriff Wellsa at once started for the depot,
and nothing more was thought of the case
until about o'clock, when in walked the
sheriff, reeking with perspiration, with
his hand firmly twisted in the collar of
his prisoner. 1t was some time before he
could sufficiently recover his breath to
speak, finally he thrust his man into a
chair in the cornef, and reminding him
that he would make mince meat Of him
If he ever winked, he started to the Off
GERS present that on arriving at the depot
he procured ticket to Philadelphia,
thinking to search the several through
trains at Bayview, the other side of
Baltimore, and on going through the
tram, when about twO'miles out from this
city, he was astonished at confronting the
fugitive face to face. This unexpected
meeting so overcame him that ne for a
moment lost control of himself. Sum-
moning the conductor, he hastily told his
story, and asked that the tram be stop
PED. When getting a good hold of his
prisoner, as described, he forced him to
leave the train, and held fast to him all
the way bacK to headquarters, where he
kept sentinel over him until the o'clock
Southern train started, when he left with
his prisoner securely handcutfed for At
lanta.
A telegram from Wilmington to-day
states that there is great excitement over
the arrest in that city, Mr.. Jackson be.
ing one of their most prominent business
men, and his friends say the affair is ar
attempt to black-mail him.
We think we perceive good deal o.
the sensational in the latter part of tb'
above. The reporters have doubtless
misrepresented sheriff Wells agitation