Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-05
CASEY'S CRIMES.
MURBER OF JAILOR HOLBROOK.
Daring Attempt to Break Jail--Heroism of the Wounded Man-Great Excite ment Among the People-Faults of the Jail Kuom-Other Inridents.

ment Among the PeoPle-Fault- Of the
 Jail Room Other Incidents. ! To fuly understand the details ot the great crIme a ten ding the desperate attempt 10 break ! jail Sunday morning it wiil be necessary to
 enter into a description Of the system Ed pred to guard the prispuers and other natter connected
 with that institution. A jaiI1r and three guards are employed. two of
 whom have the day watch and two the night
 watch each having a twelve hours' shift. At seven o'clock each morning. when breaAfast IS served the four guards are always present, and
 the prisoners are let our from their cells into the corridor for their meal and are allowed such i ] freedom as IS consistent wI-h theIT safety and | proper discipline After breakfast the dishes are
 gathered up by trusiy and taken into the jail yard and washed. Al this hour tle iailors assistant | rake~ one or two trus,i.s and cleans up .he l Sheriff'- office and other rooms about the court house. leaving the iaIlor alone m charge of the ! prisoners. On Sunday morning. religious ser
 vices are he'd in the Probate CluH room. and
 this Is put in proper order also by the guard and
 his men. This WAS the case on Sunday morning. and | .ailor A. W. Ho.brook was looking after his |
 routine dut.es at his room and about the jail. l
 s,lllif lA NH'-A AfiAl ID. A4a- lifE1 W AA
 rHe manner in which the dishes had been washed |
 they claiming that none of them were properly |
 cleaned. Mr. Holbrook had !us- stepped out of |
 The door into the .al yard To dire;t the dish
 washers Co be more careful m their work when,
 after but moment or two had elapsed. he was
 surprised 90 hear the door, which vas -i open, |
 sharp-y close behind hIm. H- At once -eturned to
 the jailors corrid.r and turned to the right into
 rsaHi i1v ffszarsh
 Casey. one of tbe most desperate imi1als an the
 jail, who held a pistol at hs breast srd told him
 to throw up his hands. The iailor immediately
 grasped asey's pistol hand. and turned the mug
 ale away from him just m time to avoi1 receiving
 the bullet which struck the uoor casing by his
 side and glanced otf into one of the cells beyond
 the grating gvius the jailor pOwi=r-burned
 hand. A be was about io engage wIth Casey,
 being himself uuarmed, he saw Heury Sinclair
 who sometimes writes his name St.
 Cair-a lad who has al the natural
 abilities of thoroughbred crIm-
 inaI. but Whose tender age ha- denied him the
 experience necessary To notori-ty--wi.l another
 pistol levrled at ham. Knowing that f he sue
 seeds6 m oyerpowerlrg Casey Sinclair
 would come to the rescue by -t.king his life, the jailor started Co retreat outside the door to call
 for help. He found the door osed behind him. and just he was m the act of opening it. Ca-ey lrsd ayaIl tue ball passing through his body from hIs back. cutting hIs bowels n its passage. He heruIcllly succeeded In opening the door and passed out. and knowing that the jail breakers would try Co escape through that door into the
 all yard and then scale the fifteen foot wall to , gan their freed om be held the knob of the door ssith determined strength that seemed super human, the same time calling loudly for help. i It was some minutes before hIs alarm was heard, , and when it was, men appeared at the open wIu- dow of the Sherifi's office. which commands the ( iail yard and with loaded guns prepared Co shoot down anyone who attempted Co pass out called , io the jai To let go the DOT and come Co the window, where a stepladder was lowered and he , asceuded To the window, passed m and was as- y sisted Co "a cot ID che basement Of the building { The guards then entered the .Hl { yard and cautiously entered the e door. They found that Casey and Sinclair had ! left two of the three pistols 'hey had secured s from beneath the martrs-- of the Jaiior's bed on shelf near the door of the iaiiors rooll but the third pi-t1l was gone. Casey had passed through the aperture he had made iu the grating above 4 the cells hy sprIugInE iron bar from ts socket and quietly sitting on the top of the further aud of the cells Knowing that another pistol S was missing, they called Co him Co come forward I and throw up his hands, at The same time level | ing their pistols upon him. He came down the adder from the top of 'he ce Is and dodged into f be vault at its foot m the northwest corner of q ,he corrid,r. re refused to come out until four t shots had been ii ed through the lrh, wooden a -crssn partition uf the vault which passed over r liz head he having cruuched down To rte floor r pu coming out be told the guard- that the pistol Q was m the closet of the sunk. near tie jailOrs corridor. and it Was found where he siid .; was. IIe was then doub.y ironrd and ocksd into his ], -ell. From the circumstance of the case it a --erns that an opportunity of this kind had been T watched for. and tests made of the possibility of pringinr the lrOn rods out of their sockets. Eiy- 1 ere=s from the jail corridor into the jaliors (. corridor from which the door leading to the ai- t Ir-' room could be reached, and the keys obtain .d To un ock the heavy Oregon boot I5- n louud iron tube which encircled hI- leg Co prev '1t hi= running. Pistols were found, but the (, ,eys were locked in a ds-k which lack of time o irsvented their obtaining. Surprised in their .cL they probably hoped to iutimidate the iailor d rto submission or kill him outright, and take IT heir time to unlock the ferters before any zen b ral alarm could he gwen. The unexpected re IT istance offered by the wounded jailor bafted (, hem and while he held tse door and called for d elp, they knew their game was up and made heir way back into the corridor. h
 When the wounded man WAS taken 10 a cot in tt he basement of the court house. a messenger CT las at once dlsgatched for surgeon. snd Dr. V Handy was soon at hi. side. As there was not be- least shadow of hope for saving his life. the co iIlor va- removed Co ,he hospital. and received aa be uuremIttIug attentions of the surgeon uatil tl cath eusuel which took place shorty before n' svsn o'clock Sunday evening. The remains were th rought Co the morsue and post morteul e1anIn- in .ion made by Dr. Handy.
 The news Of the murder Of Mr Ho brook by le notorious outlaw, created the widest excite s lent on the streets Knots of men gathered I .rs and there. and as the particulars Of the hor-
 bIe tragedy were discussed ominous whispers ~ sre heard un all sides of organizing force c ,s .nch the ad-handed murderer. Mea, who in be- daily walks of life were % ed upon as of the I almest judgment. became greatly excited by thus co and took part m the movement to vreak sum lary vengeance apon the prisoner. Indeed. II ex ls arranged tAat al given sig1si. the iall yo rould be entered by force if necessary and the cii iurderer hanged. The ringing or the hre-bsl ov lmeWh hat prematureiy st ha.f-past II o'clock in vi be forenoon prtcipitated the matter and before VI verythiIg necessary had been got in readiness of le Courthouse vas the scene of a Jam of people ", ho had entered II with but little more motive ., ian cuuosity Those who were expected to do ., ,s work werS Eislsd by the bsn tns were th.