The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-26

JAN DELIYEET-Fcr Tie past ioul
weeks there have been eight prisoner. foul
males and iour females, confined II Cas-.
tie Kyle. charged with various crimes and
misdemsaaOrs, awaiting the next regular
term Of court. 10 be tiled. convicted anC
punished f3r their transeressiOBs, or &C
4 Quilted and restored 10 liberty. At an
early sour FRIDAY Night Mrs. KYLE went
10 the Sheriff Office aud told TIE Sheriff
thai She Was afraid all was not right at ihs
liaii, that the prisoners were unusually
noisy and that be 2hOuld come and see
what was mp. The Sheriff and Deputy
kcoser repaired 20 the jail. when they dis
coveted that two OF the male prisoners had
escaped By cutting a hole through the
wall, from the main hail Of the prison to
The bed room adjoining, and escaping
from thence through the bedroom window.
The wall il Of brick and is some what
over three feet in thickness. One OF the
female prisoners had stuck last 10 the
hole in endgayoIing TO get through. and
was extracted from her unccmlo,tai,e POI
siiiOn VIII ecps.aeianie difficulty by the
other prisoners. fheg were AL crowded
around the boie, ready 10 crawl through.
and bad il not been tor The largeness OF
Elizabeth's frame all would have escaped
The prisoners who snccecaed Ia gainin :
liheir l.bs.y svfs Walter Hatgraa. indict
Cd Tor bigamy. aad Jacob Riddle, charged
with larceny. ilatgraI Is abou, % years
Of age, > teti G inches high. and weighs
about 40 pounds log 1ass BAR zhd eyes
al a s.aas aioGstAcne. Riddle is about
Ia wears q are. ) fed 10 Inches 10 height,
and weighs lGJ pounds; has Tight hair and
ewes Upon d%iscuyeTine the yscspc Qs the
prisoner arlA Hss mmtdja,eiy insutui
Ga aa3 kilograms coniaining descriptions
sent 90 ALI The neiehbofing towns Mr..
! Henry Zimmerman. 10 ice ueen greatly
ini. sl'ea wl.u one IT lie .ensale prisoners.
and has D,cn hanging aroead The isil for
some ,ime plsl was sgscce.l4 "a having
naadua in ioui. to ihtm. wth which thcj
bad eaca ihc way l0 ESCAPE. These susp,-
Oons geTe ciulrmad Saturday morning.
and Zimmerman. upon heingarresied, COT
~ = assgf aisea is-g.au : as,
Nae a.l nsli,er nj Ntsc4 IL Ras IL Te
lc.iFe sloa. shoaii iIaigr4ff succeed ia
making his escape A. late hour Sa'ur
day q ht sheriff Kyle TscsIyed a tele
ID GA from Capt Bowman. 81 S,oystown.
sisl .ng flat be had captured = man whori
hs s.lia-l ~ L, fla4 uu- The eheTiH
immediately started i0f Stoi siO~n aud re-
turned Suhcay afternoon vita Ii@dgraa
Ia char-e. d. bad losih.s way. Wandered
about through tue woods and fsai!v i.aat
al SO - tLG u5l-e u Charley ferner,
ID s~Ioystoen. where he asked for some
thing % eat. Fefner suspeciiug who he
was. invited him IN and while he WIS egi-
iug .,igpA aul ana called uapl. ooNnlan,
Uho ideuuaed himand took ban in charge.
RiGdie has not Il been heard Of, but il Is
Thought that owing p the precaEsloAs lax
ca uy the operin, lie eventual recapture
5 ~ccrtain. In this connection we wish to
observe tia there has never Deen q prison.
CT cnnnned ID tbs pFescnt Jail building.
who has been DESTROYS 81 escaping thai has
nc: done 50. Il i wholly u0ht 10. The pur-
pose for which ii IS used, aud the attention
ui tiie grand july should ne called 70 II at
~ early day, and s0Ae action taken 10.
Rard ~remOdeling il and rendering 1t more
secure. Il i o disgrace 10 The county as II
stands, and I; Is a shame to ask a Sheriff to
be responsible for prisoners confined With
In lis walls. IL Is a very bot bed OF vice
and corruption. lily arranged, poorly
ventilated and badly drained. u is d Won
der thai those placed within its conhne:
are soi attacked by ell the diseases in the
catalogue. pbe pench tnst eFeess one
upon entering The door is almost overpow-
ering. nor can this he avoided by any
amount OF care exercised by the sheriii
nd hiss family. There are separate on
parimenis il The Jail for males aud iemales,
but none saeb as aill prevent verbal com
mupic tiian. Ayoung I'D is arrested aud
connned con suspicion Tor the larceny OF
knife ~ apiug Of tohacco- ]; IS perhaps
his frst offence aud be IS ignorant OF ~
import For waDt O! bail be Is thrown in
to The assnciation of bni glars, munierers
c0unieIieitcrS. horse thieves, bawdy kouss
keepers. gamblers apd biaekgraEds- 4
the trial be may escape conviction, but hs
eaters upon his liberty q fall graduate
theoretically, OF the majority OF the cElme4
Of the calender. We hope that his eyi
~iil be Tensedlod 70 such an extent a
least furnish protection to fellow prisoner
from the evil influences Of sach characier
40 lie present Occupants. 10 regard 10 thi
sanitary condition oi The jail, 4 should b.
attended TO promptly. II We had q BeFei
in our community. WIN believed Ia IN
Darx inion theory. the County Conmsioi
ere ~ The grand jury. az who ever has n
control Il this matter. would All be incici
ed 1or crselly 10 anima.a