Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-01

Last evening between s and 8 O'Clock
the prisoners confined In the county jail
effected an opening under the south win.
dow and seven Of them made their ss.
cape.
The Job was done neatly and IN q
workmanliks manner. The prisoners
were fed at 4 o'clock. and wore all there
at that time, and no effort had at that
time been made toward ~sftsctius the
opening under the window. At $50
taller Hanks went In to lock them up
ior the night, and found seven absent.
The work OF cutting the hole was there.
fore most speedily accomplished, and
now that Il has been done, the only
wonder Ii that Il had not been effected
long ere this time.
The plan OF operations was most sim.
pie. The window Is concealed from the
street by . jog 10 the wall and from the
entrance to the main apartment OF the
Jail proper by the projection Of the cells.
The cells are two stories, and along the
front Of the upper row runs an iron rail.
ing for entrance and exit. Directly west
OF tho cells and on the main floor 10 the
bath tub and between that and the west
wall and standing In the corner 10 the
water sink.
Tho table In the Jail consists Of plsnks
and 10 stationary through the center and
surrounds the pillars which support the
door OF the Courtroom above. One
length Of this tabls-sbout 10 fsst-wss
taken up for platform. Then two Of
the benches used for seats were taken
to the wall and set up endwise. The
plsuks were placed then from the iron
"a ling 10 the upper tier Of cells TO the
ends Of these benches. thus furnishing .
good substantial platform. Blankets
were spread over this to prevent noise.
and everything was in readiness.
It 10 the general brllef OF those who
have examined the place Of the prison
srs' exit that II did not take them 10
minutes to make the hole under the
window. Il In OF large size, and . blanket
was spread on the bottom to facilitate Q
squeeze through and to take hold OF to
drop to the ground outside. q distance
OF 10 or IL feet. OF curse tho men
went through feet hrst. After reaching
the ground nothing bat the new isnoe
was between them and liberty.
The prisoners missing are: Mike Lsn.
gan, alias ''Red Nike" under indict.
msnt for the murder Of Pat. Leouard.
and was to have been tried q week from
today; Mark Brown. horse thief, In
dioted for stealing Tolles' horse aud
buggy In Six.mils Canyon; Sohoasld,
Laffsrty and Ros.nbausb, alias Klein.
one.horss burglars and petty thieves,
who went through . Gold Hill lodging.
house, and two vags. At last accounts
none OF them had been o%vetaken, si.
though the pursuit was hot after them.
One significant fact In this connection
10 worth recording. 'Red Mike" helped
Pete Burke build the Court.house and
knew not only every weak point In 1t
but the exact materials used. Had these
materials been what they ought to have
been and what the county paid for, this
exit never could have been Effected. The
mortar 10 worthless and a DO crumblsd
by the hand to Its original sand. 0i
the two barrels Of brick, mortar aud
stone taken out by the prisoners and
carefully piled on their platform there 10
not Q stone a. big % q babes head and
the brick and mortar did not adhere at
al.
The only good thing In the whole wall
10 the cement, but halt an Inch Of CO.
msnt 10 nothing between murderers and
and assassins aud liberty.
Mike knew this and thut all that wa
wanted was IN opportunity and he could
free himself. He got the opportunity
and he went. As for implements with
which to escape. the only thing wanting
. pine silver. A man can take q
and 60 through the brick walls
Of the building anywhere.
As yet no one has been found who,
after viewing all things 10 connection
with the escape, has blamed the Sheriff
or Tailor. They have both been very
watchiul. and It would have been i'm
possibla for any one to have escaped by
any Of the ordinary methods Of Jail
breaking. Too many unsuccessful at.
tsmpts have been made OF that kind and
detected. The Jail has been we'll
watched, but whom . prisoner with .
silver Of wood goes through Q thres.foot
wall neither the Sheriff nor jailor ought
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