Milford chronicle., 1883-08-31
BREAKING JAIL.
WALLACE.

The EUery EUening of Monday con-
tanned the following letter from Do
ver,giving account of the Jail delivery.
It says: About o'clock on saturday
evening six prisoners headed by the
notorious Bob Allen, effected their es-
cape from the Kent county iail. and
five of them are still at large, one be-
ing recaptnTed and returned to iail.
The escape was made by cutting au
iron bar in the rear of the Jail yard
and taking out another bar which
made a passage for exit II by l3a inch
es, through which the prisoners es-
capped into the Jail yard. After get
ting into the yard, a board was sawed
from the fence surrounding the Jail
and through this the men escaped.
The names of the escaped prisoners
are Bob Allen "a notorious burglar who |
was arrested by Special officer Jones
in Wilmington last May, for committ-
ing a number of burgularies in various
parts of the Stats. Search of Aliens |
haunts discovered much of the plum |
der which was afterward returned to /
its owners. Allen has broken from |
different jails three or four times be-
fore.
Harry Raisen, Aliens accomplice,
with him by Detective Jones;
both prisoners were awaiting trial.
Joseph Cook, cOlOred awaiting trial
for committing rape.
Israel LOate, cOlOIed, serving SEN
ience for larceny.
Henry Watson, awaiting trial for lar
3eny.
James Leagle, tramp arrested for
horse stealing. He was captured last
night near KentOn by John Greenlee,
ashed to horse and returned to the
iherif7s custody.
The prisoners We're all locked in
heir cells except Israel Loaf, who was
nut in the corridor. Some think he ;
vent to the cell of AlleA and by the :
means of some small instrument un- +;
Ocked the door aud turned him loose.
'he prisoners then went through the n
Iall. unlocking the doors of those who .
Dllowed them in the escape. n
Every cell in the building contained \
risOners. yet it is stated that none of II
hem heard or saw the fugitives gett-
lgOut. This statements disbeleiVed, as n
ne peculiar way in which the doors a
re fastened makes it impossible to nm
lck them from the cell and even froni1
le outside they cannot be unlocked T
ithOut making considerable noise, ,suf- ir
ciently loud to be heard in all parts n,
the building. The Sheriff was alb. q,
mt when the prisoners effected their p
cape. sr
Another version of the delivery, and hj
e one generally accepted, is, that AL m
II was the ringleader in the move n;
ent 1t is known that a fine-lOOking hc
ulattO woman has been in Dover an
veral days past, representing her ca
II TO be Aliens cousin anxious to re- Of
rm him, was admitted to his cell. aV
hile there it is thought she took an stc
pressiOn of the cell locks and fur 10,
shed him the key by which all the nv
yitives were released aud allowed m,
escape. The bars accrOss the rear no
ndOw show that they have been cut IN,
with sharp saw, probably by a cal
from the outside, but the wi
eing criminals left a saw-knicked far
ife behind as q sort of blind and to
d the officials to think they had es- thi
Jed unaided. soi
I IS IurIherlnore sald that allen ket
their liberty who desired it. Those -
o desired their liberty accepted this
n and escaped. Joseph Truitt doing
life sentance for manslaughter
, offered his liberty but states he re-
ed it. The officials disbelieved this
thought the reason he stayed be-
d was that he could not get through
aperture. 1t was afterWard ascer-
led that he could climb through me
bout difficulty, but preferred to re- CT
in and take his chances of being ~
dOEed. Aliens female confederate cei
Dover some time on Saturday and
not been seen since. tar
he regular outside warden states 80
the prisoners had been locked up
The highland he was off duty. The