The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-08
A DRRAK FOR LIBERTY.


sixteen Prisoners Escape from the Work.
honse-Guards OveFpoWered, Beaten
and Locked Up-Phtriek Henry Daily
Killed by stray BuIIet-Inquest, dc.
Saturday night about $40 o'clock Frank
Mcsherry, cook at the workhouse, was
let into the prison hall OF the institution
by night Waterman Isaac Litten. Mcsher-
ry went in for the purpose Of lighting,
trimming and fixing the lampsior thelnight
as this is part OF his duty. He finished
his task and had come back to thehall door
where he paused a moment to converse
with Pat Daily, well known Irishman OF
this city, in regard to book belonging 10
McSherry which Daily wished to borrow.
While engaged in this manner he had not
noticed the collection OF several OF the In
mates around him and did not until he
was thrown roughly 10 theloor, and kicked
and beaten rather severely by hisassailants
and then dragged to one OF the dungeon
cells in the other end OF the room into
which he was incontinently thrown and
the door shut.
simultaneously with the attack on Nc
Sherry, the door, which was opened to
allow his egress by Litten was thrown
wide open and Litten dragged through,
thrown down and treated to the same
process that his partner had been and then
put into the same cell, the door shut which
made fast by inserting piece OF wood be.
tween the door and the stove, which held
it securely, and resisted all the efforts OF
the imprisoned guards to force 1t. Super
intendent Alaloney was absent at the
time, in attendance on the Committee on
City Prison at the City Building, and did
not take hand. All opposition having
been thus removed, the birds began to
fly and in avery few minutes all that
cared to 20 left, NOR cast q long.
ing, lingering look behind" One
OF them, however, known by the
euphonious title Of the "Chinese Kid"
went towards the door Of the cell in which
the guards were confined, and Litten i'm.
aginins that he had evil intentions toward
him, pulled out his revolver and fred at
him without taking aim. The "Kid" was
not slaughtered, but Governor Daily, who
stood quaking on bench directly opposite
the door OF the cell and about ten or
twelve feet distant, was struck by the ball
and instantly killed, but in the hurry and
excitement his misfortune was not dis
covered.
By this time all the prisoners who de-
sired to go had gone, and McSherrY look
ing out through the very small aperture
and discovering old Joshua Miller stand
ing near called to him to let them out or
he would make 1t hot for him (Miller).
Joshua didn' want 1t any hotter and let
the imprisoned guards out, when Nc
Sherry was sent to the City Building for
the police.
Erastus Rathbone was standing near
now went up to him, and discovered his
dying condition" as he supposed, and
went 70 the guard and told him Of the mis-.
hap. Litten sent for physician at once, and
also for the officers who shortly alter ar
rived, accompanied by DR.. T. o. Edwards,
who proceeded to make post norton:
Meantime WV. Miller, Esq, arrived and
swore in the following jury: ?. Welty,
foreman; VIM. Laughlin, John Wilson,
Henry Foster, Hall Sadler, A. N. Elliott,
John Dean, Elwood Martin, 7. III. Little,
E. w. Shallcross, August Kryer and Har.
ry Houser, and proceeded to hold an in.
quest. Dr.. Edwards; from his superficial
examination OF the body, testified that from
the surface indications, or rather from the
place the ball entered the body, death
would, result from several causes, attribu'
table altogether to the direction the ball
would take. He was called away at this
juncture TO attend patient, but was in
structed by Prosecutor Jordan, who
had arrived, TO bring back with him the
instruments necessary for an autopsy
During his absence several OF the inmates
were examined, who detailed substantially
what We have already given, when an ad'
journment took place until 2 p. N. yester'
day.
; DR.. Edwards returned about A. ".
; Sunday and finished his examination,
when he ascertained the direction the bal
had taken, and the cause OF death. The
reId cdrd was perforated. causing internal
: hemorrhage and almost instant death.
WHO ESCAPED.
A muster OF the prisoners by Superin'
tendent Maloney showed the following
escapes:
Henry Sweeney, John Williams, Frank
Martin (China kid), Thos. Edwards Tom
the devil, John Doolittle, James Mealey,
James White, James Smith, Thos. Wood
Nathan Rounds, George Smith, John Nc.
Kennon, Adam Coleman, Joseph Leyden,
August McGregap, Pat. Carey.
/, None OF these have so far been recap
tnred, and 1t is not likely they will be.
There were thirty.inmates at the time, Of
which nineteen still remain, and made no
effort to escape.
DAILY.
Patrick Henry Daily, or as he Is more
familiarity known by the soubriquet oil
Fourth Governor Pat Daily, came to this
cityseveral years ago, during the capital
agitation, as Janitor, and has been here
ever since. He was widely. known
throughout the State as solicitor" OF
favors from members by either branch OF
the Legislature. He has been rather dis.
sipated OF late years, and has on several oc-
casions been either in Jail or the Work
House on account Of his disorderly con.
duct. During yesterday his body was
taken 10 his home in East Wheeling, from
whence it will likely be buried to-day.
THE INQUEST.
At2P. NJ. yesterday the Coroner's Jury
was present at the Work House and the
inquest continued.
Jefferson Reed, an inmate, sworn: Was
in the building Saturday night; saw
portion OF the difficulty. Was talking
with Joshua Miller; saw scutlle between
McSherry and others, who had McSherry
down. McSherry yelled help. / went
toward them to help McSherry, when one
OF them said kill the s-of a b.; he is
in cahoots with them" and showed me
back. Nathan Rounds was running out
the front door, and threw coal stone
after him, which struck him on the head,
knocking him down. He lRounds) then
ran down to Market street. Was in the
kitchen when the shot was fred.
Isaac Litten sworn: From the begin
ming, as near as can recollect, McSherry
and Daily were talking about Ireland, and
the former handed book to Daily; this