, 1879-08-06

tl'c jail tint 10 would commit suicide rather
tlnn eerre another term IN the l'cniteHtiat5+
am there Is I'D ,lanht that he has hcet busy for
weeks In arranging tho plans fer his escape.
The Inst sccn by any inil t,.llc1a Ut Mr..
Thomas Smith wns Monday evening about Q
o'clock. At that hour he Enrc Turnkey Ed
wttc. 'rhis contained the news tliat Ills motion
expected to have to s'go down" The woman
resides Oh Ohio street, tn the rear OF AuroEa
while III his wa! llo1uo. She expsosscd great
sorraw at lis contents. and asked Thompson II
he cuils! arrange II with Jai]er Curricr 10 that
s11c ruultl %rc run IN tho "cage" Instead Ut
bav,.lg to wait with The OILERS.
;, Aa"''t t'slt-t'ast 10 eeiock Yesterday morning
"Nfggcr ticorgc," buy waD has tic run vi The
5sll nn' docs ehorcs for tho Jatlcr, reported to
Ciirrtcr That
M COULD NOT rtaD TOM SMITH.
1'hr lattcr's cctt wna No. 10, uu thr third floor
nf the ccllhouse, and was ill.' last cell o. flnt
row. oseupytng the northeast cosues. seaEsn
Wns instituted, nua II waa found that suilth wax
missing. Ills cell WAS LOCKED. am! a!r Io.l o.
bread which had heen pit IN for liIs hrcatfas:
Sttll stuck betwccn tho bars. w.scre tWas psaeel
by the hall.ln whu s!'strlt,uies 'l'e nteau
about The missing nlap. 'ri'r hat.!uon,
who arc prisoners c,,jo7inE the freedom OF t1le
building, Thought TINT he vas u! l's ec,l At
brcakfast-ttn,e, but could not he sure. Nothl'1E
TGlIl&l{lEu HHt l0 tiC u'A+s11 t"'A p'SSe
mud to neglect to notify tho police usld both
thtsc matters we're carefully Attended 10,
Tile o,l'y war in which 10 explain the tropablc
MANNER IN which Tom Smith Struck tor ireauom
is 10 cxp|atn Tic system. or "afit tnerco1, unt'tF
which things are run in tho jat., The turnkeys
and deputies arc few In humber, n1Mt
THE SERVICES OF PRISONERS
arc called Into use. 4 certatn number Of In.
mates nrc detailed NJ "llalt.nlen." arlt among
tlleir duties arc TO carry around the meals 10
halls oud r,,rr}t1ors arywrre ntHn huk In the
Cook County Jatl this lofcc Is recruited from
the sl1ort.tcs1, men, AMI those who hare jail
senfeslccs ntld vino thcreture have little ii,uuco-
I,cht 70 attempt at escape or TO cohnvo nt our.
lieTe 'hc inl''s T. u'itsfGns III! pnfEars n'gh. r.
full Iberttcs Of The HALL ~ iaett Smith MIN.
self, though notorious thleE md thug, acted
as mailman until rev d"Ys ag"' ,.-
II Is, rs s,as hccn stated. part OF thG dl1tscs
paper, dirt, a1' o'her refuse Is placed IN
4 LARGE WICKER pA8KET
mn,,rtrd m whce}s. which is. when fut1. cnn-
yryrtl II, Tin hnscn1cnt ,onr by ucnna of MI, did,
vator. 1t tic foot OF tho elevator wei Ia q
t,rascd iron door. a,wnys kent iockrI. which
t.nn,,nt.nicaics with 4 room in wici, thu rartmro
IL dumped. This room ab,lts o11 tic nlJpy tr
narrow yaril cnst Of tic ipil proper. 10 whirh &C.
Tess is had br a iirc-proot Iron door, Fur tnp
n,,rnosn. ~ veutt,ntion th,s t]nnr hn. hrer
nn,1 here ro,ns. II, n,,r nf tir mnst fotai fanss
NJ NJ tna er,stIs,D unsysts,natsc sva,cm. II :"
nrtaonor can ,na,,orc II r,u.}, fhjs rno,n unaeon
aia "sti, -, % irncttn.n ID c,car nm lila ia .yt,a.
I'm s,n;th iii '@''>@ ''' - ".As
Yesterday morning new cook named ELIAS
pcrrr' " rninrrJ mnf' hnvon wnrtr in tIr h"aa.
nc,,t nf thc Iii" Hhn.;t n n,,1acl. Trrnnnv
'rnnn,,,snn ss!;"t him tnr fbc hasc,,ont tnSa
viii viii, i" ha,l ircn mi r,,s.ri' ia ol.n H.
vft", ti,,. rooL M ~ rn m md I'M ,,n taii AMI
lin twn tvrnt m m III" cirvntar fi,c ~, ,,aii.
rnen 1T w. '> ~'' ~'1 A'''''
uA - ..,,r
WHEELED TWO H"sAafs FILLED WITH ARFoss
on to the elevator, and tic four rode down TO-
getller: The Rlipposltsou Is Tint smith was itl
Quo Ut tle baskets. covered up w,tfi dirt and
aeraps of kaper.. On arriving at the bottom
Thompson opencd the grated door aud tits hail.
fnrn wheeled tho baskets into tic room and
dumped The garbage bchind tho door on tho
northeast corner. 1t ~ Thompeon's duty to
euartl the outer door while this IS being done
In order to provite agntnst the possible
escape OF tl!c prlsoncr-serVants, aud from
Ills position at tho uoor llc could not
veil dfsecrn what waa IN the basket. II
Smith wns there all he had to DO was to slip be-
hlnd the door Or iump into une nf the ctnnty
coa,.bIua, which arc large enough To hold four
or tiyo men, and whit there Until the coast MIS-
clear.