Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-01-26
ESCAPE OF ALT GEE,
Full particulars as related by a gen.
tleman who was in Washington at
the time.
Culpable negligence OH the part of
the Sheriff, If not worse.

the time.
Culpable negligence OH the part Of
the Sheriff, If not worse.
| When the Galveston News
reached here at noon yesterday
containing a dispatch from
Navasota to the effect that All
Gee had escaped from the sher'
if at Washington many said
~ told you So" From a gen
tleman who came to this city
from Washington yesterday the
BANNER learns the following
/ particulars in regard to the eS-
cape. Gee was arrested Sun
day evening and kept under
close guard until Tuesday about
10 or II o'clock, when he was
turned over to the custody oil
]. H. Hutchinson sheriff of this
county. Mr.. Hutchinson it
appears paroled Gee, who walk
ed about town by himself, going
into several stores and talking
to different persons. Between
one and half past one, o'clock
Hutchinson left Gee in company
with his attorneys in a vacant
room over DIR. F. H. Smiths
drug store for the purpose
of holding a private con-
sultation prior to the pre-
liminary examination which
was set for one o'clock at the
magistrates office in another
building. The consultation
over, the attorneys came down
stairs and told H. to go up and
get Gee and take him to the
courthouse as it was time for
the trial to commence. Hutch
inson replied, "Gee is all right"
but remained in the store with
out going up stairs. In the
meantime the justice and pros
ecuting attorneys came to the
store and told H. to hurry up
as they were waiting. 1t is said
that the stairway is inside of the
store, which had a front and
back door. Gee was seen to
come down stairs and go out
the back way, but this fact at
tracted no attention as Gee had
been allowed to walk about
town by himself; when out, Gee
was seen to mount Alexander's
horse, which was hitched near
by, and ride rapidly in the di-
rection of Hardin Whites
house, where he boarded; this
did not create any alarm either,
as it was supposed that he was
going after papers or some
thing connected with his trial.
He failed to return and after
the lapse of fifteen or twenty
minutes the people made up
their minds that he had escap-
ed, and they were correct; he
was gone. The greatest
indignation was expressed at
sheriff Hutchinson who was call
ed vile names and personally
assaulted; he was openly charg-
ed by the crowd, which number
ed between I25 and $50 men,
with having turned Gee loose.
Hutchinson mounted a freed
mans horse, ostensiby to pur-
sue Gee, but our informant says
he was next heard of at Court
ney, where he took the train
south to Hampstead. Gee rode
out of town in an southerly di-
rection toward Mullens' bot
tom field. A considerable por-
ton of the crowd mounted their
horses and started IN pursuit of
Gee, but after getting a little
distance out Of town some one
suggested that part of them go
back to town and capture the
sheriff, but when they got back
he sheriff was not to be found. |
A young man of Washington
states that while Gee was at lib |
,rty on the streets a citizen of |
hat vicinity was seen to give
linn a pistol. When our infor-
nant left Washington papers
we're being prepared and a pc
ition was being gotten up ask
ng the removal of Hutchinson.
Mr.. Moeller, the brother OF the
gentleman who was killed, ex-
PRESSED his intention OF prose-
:uting the sheriff, avowing his
,elief that he willfully allowed
he prisoner to escape. The
BANNER has no comments
o make, the public can
orm its own conclusions.
We, however, feel satisfied that
hutchinson had nothing, know
ngly, to do with the escape of
he prisoner and did not con-
live at it. Mr.. Hutchinson,