The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BREAK \: From TAk CAMBRIDGE JAIL
Hut are Recaptureti a fter a Lively Chnse.
A Sheriff Whose Carelessuess Made n
Picnic for PSnnk SbnnIey, Charles
w bailey and James Wright.

Monday afternoon Stanley, DAILY and
Wright, the three crooks in jail at Cam.
bridge, Ohio, on charges OF burglary and
robbsry. escaped from prison, but were all
recsptured after lively chase. The Time,
goes for Sheriff MCGill, accusing him OF
gross negligence, and from that PAPERS ac-
count Of the escapRde, this 10 not lust. II
Nays the thros priaoners have bcen confined
In the lower cells OF the jail since their frat
capture. They were given the liberty OF the
lower Inner corridor tn tho day and went to
their cells at night. II appears that the cell
doors were left unlocked ut night, aud no
prccaution used to prevent the smuggling to
them OF weapons or tools. In the past four
weeks Two strange women from Wheeling,
purporting to DO tendsrly related 10 two Of
the incarceraled burglars, have bsen admit.
ted to the isil Rnd permitted 10 interview
them alone u not enter their cells. During
these vista It 70 probable that they conveyed
10 DAILY and 6hanly the drills with which
they 90 nearly effected an escape. = -. !
johnson, Maple, Murtha and Smith, the
imprisoned ruloonists, CHANGED Sunday night
10 be up later than usual, and probably pre-.
vented The butglars from beginning opera.
tons 30 sool,'as they had planned. About
. O'Clock In the morning Maplo was aroused
by q strange metallic noise In the jail, and hs
awakened Murtha and johnson. Together
they went down to the north aide OF the Jail,
whence the noise came, aud found that the
burglars had cut the bsry OF the grating sep.
Grating tbs inner from the outer corridor, 30
Us 10 form IN oblong hols about l0xl4 inches,
and one ot the burglars was already halfway
out. They drove MIN back In aud gave the
alarm. The Sheriff., or some one about,
came IN and with him quite crowd, TO view
the breach made In tho bars. The excite.
ment passed of, the burglars remained In
tbs corridor md q blacksmith was bent for 10
repair the damages. He came, worked a little
while and went home 10 dinner. Meanwhile
several parties came and went In
and out OF the jail. About halt.past eleven,
Murtaa, johnson ana Smith were sitting In
the south outer corridor engaged In aome wsy
and Maple and Shultz had gone 10 one OF the
upper cells to liz down. Little Tommy Nc.
Gill, the deputy In charge Jus. then, opened
the door TO let some visitors out, and on q
sudden the occupants of the jail heard q rush
OF feet on tho corridor flour, a slam OF the
door and ayell from the Juvenile Tommy and
they knew the burglars we're surely gone. ia.
the side door they went, down West Eighth
to Steubenvillo avenue, then out Eighth
again TO the north the trio dashed together,
The streets were full OF people and number
OF cirz,ns gave chase. STANLEY and DAILY
turned 10 the left below David sarchet's, and
were captured after half.mile run. Wright
took to the right and was after a hali-hour's
search found hidden In cellar. The three
were brought back considerably '.puGsd''
and this time locked securely in the upper
celly ,EsI'aHH TeFlr rgH-nT, = i-e 81 IaU,'' >.