The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-22
CRIME AND
rank Martain's Story Of his Re-
tease from Jail by and Flight
with Maggie Wilson.
i. Louis Special TaIagr-

with Maggie Wilson.
1t. Louis Special Telegram.
Sheriff Goodall, OF L,clede conn. >
Mo, arrived here to day on his W..
nome with Frank Martin and hi. wife
whom lie arrested at Pine Plat. Tenn
asst Tuesday. Martin is the voup,
MIA Who escaped from the Lacled,
county JAIL last November while uudeI
sentence to he hung for the murder =,
MS uncle. HIS escape Vas effected b,
me sheriff : neicc, a beautiful yonpe
lady named Maggi. Wilson nov the
murderer wife. Tie story Of b., sc
cape and heir wauderin2s afterwarti
reads IKE q romance. Said the prisoner
IN re ing his story this afternoon
'lou see, Maggie was the sheriff
niece and was generally about the
cells. | saw her around, and, having
nothing else 10 do. l began showing. ul
notes to her under the door. just
wanted some pastime, and did not
think the affair would amount to anr-
thlng. The notes were silly things
Just like a fellow writes to a girl. md
At nrst she picked them up and did not
aLswer. After a while she replied to
one. This was away back in February,
ABOUT the time Of my trial. We kept
up the correspondence regularly. and
although we had rarely spoken We be
came very thick.
II loved Maggie and she said she
loved me, and We were soon planning
for my escape. Her uncle dropped on
tN nur 0vunokipn a,I amt 49,. -
AND she was gone six months. A month
before my escape Maggie came back
to the Jail. | wa. then pretty sure Of
being hanged, and We were both verv
blue. She assured me she would at
tempt to liberate me if she died for it.
and we both watched our chance. She
was to open the locks could not reach,
bringing me the keys Of the Others.
Several times we thought of trying it.
hnt we were too closely watched. Or
the 10th of November, about seven IN
the moiAlng, she came with tue KEY
and said there was good chance. as hel
uncle WAS going away, and told II.
she would knock twice on tho door III
stairs when AL was ready. answered
all right, and said that | wanted ,
shot gun or something as soon a. | GO
out. She went away, and some tim,
after | heard the knocks. | opcuc.,
the door and walked out.
met Maggie. who gave ne bel
fathers Winchester rifle and We lpott
started out OF ne Jail aud the roti. Il
was awiuliy cola and showing yer,
hard. ! went rlshttomv father 5 houS,
Were We remained ten DAYS con
Guided VIZ had better strike ut IRON
uome, and on III. 18th Of November
got tw" horses, Maggie put on a sui
of boys clothes and We rode sw.v t.
gether. was we'll armed, and Maggie
was prepared to fight, though sh&di,
no know much about the business. Sh.
rode bravcly throughout h colo
weather, however, and never com plata
ed although We roughed it pretty hard
I'VE travelled into Arkansas an,
through into Mississippi, where y,
halted awhile. got q little scared, anc
We pulled up stakes and went over ini'
Virginia to Martins Station. aud
married Maggie there. about the frs
week in December. There was roth
ing wrong between us and strsd b,
atSI. l. " nail hSi II IN
SO at .he first opportunity. got work
in a blacksmith shop al Mathis Sta
ton, and was doing very we'll. Some
time in January last q couple IF detec-
tives rushed into the shop where | Wa.
working. [ had q hammer and 4 no,
iron In my hands, and two pistols il
my back pockets. They jumped II me.
but | hit one of them with the iron ard
the other with tie hammer, jumped
outside Of the door and pulled III,
pis OILS. They did not show up. and
| went home. and wemorcd Ilht awsN
10 Pine Fiat. Sullivan county, Tenncs
see. was doing we'll thee, farming
when Goodall tumt,'ei to nc. va,
lving OH the outskirts of the settlement,
and | came into the grocery and post
office Tuesday morning, and he jumpe
N me before | knew It,"
Martin subsequently made bis escape
from the sheriff aud has not been re-
captured. Maggie was seht to Lacleds