The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-01-31

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mo. I could have killed Yves. easil.
but didn't want to hurt him. Yves. cam
right at me, threw down his gun, and W
had scuffie of some kind, when dre1
up my revolvers, and Yves. threw up hi
!, hands and ran out. He had to-"
did you not find that being shut up S
long had seriously impaired your power
of endurance?"
eyes, we couldn't stand much. I tool
off all my clothing but shirt, pants, an,
hat, and made Luke take off his over
coat. This coat was taken from tn
Jail, and was left hanging on the fenc
beyond Star Furnace, and had the bottl
of whisky in one of the pockets.l
And much further talk did we hav,
with William. Luke meanwhile would
sit upon chair part of the time, and Ii,
upon his bunk part of the time, ant
was apparently suffering greatly. Tht
wound is in the back, an inch or so from
the spinal column, and was not bleeding
outwardly at all. The ball seemed tc
have passed directly through the body
as there was lump in front, nearly op
posite where the ball entered.
DR.. w. H. Monahan cut the bullet out
at the point where the lump was located
in front. 1t is 80 bullet, doubtless the
one fired by DuHadway.
The talk of William Jones must be ta-
ken with some allowance for the excite
ment he was under. 1t is quite probable
that Officer Tom Griffiths made the
scratches on his neck with, a revolver
shot. While Bill and Luke were passing
the cemetery, eX-Sheriff Wade and Grif-
fiths came up within shooting distance.
Bill Jones who had previously shot at
George w. Brown, took deliberate aim at
Griffiths, and fired, missing him. Grif-
fiths returned the fire. when Bill was seen
to change his pistol from the right hand
to the left, and suddenly throw his right
hand to his face, which was evidence of
the accuracy of Toms aim. The Jones
brothers passed over the hill and sat
down by tree to rest. Their pursuers
coming up, they ran for the house owned
by Mr.. Nelson and occupied by James
Titus and a man named Reynolds. Be
fore reaching the house Luke was shot;
Deputy Sheriff Steele, where a scufie en-
sued resulting in Yves. being compelled to
retreat and leave his gun in Bills possess
sion. After Bill got into the house there
were shots fired on both sides, Bill declar-
ing that he did not shoot to kill. He
seemed to fear being killed by the crowd,
and when assured by the officers that he
oot 4
There was much useless shooting and
nonsense about the house, caused by ex-
citement. One thing was clearly demon
strated-that the Jones brothers are not
sharp enough for successful desperadoes
Bill drove the families out of the house.
We make no attempt to find fault with
any one for this escape. We merely dis
charge our duty to the public by stating
the facts. This new Jail is provided with
means which render it almost impossible
for prisoner to escape, even if he should
get into the guards corridor. There is
an inside iron door having basket for
the guard to stick his head into and ex-
anime the inside before entering. Had
this door been closed on the day of the |
escape, Reed would have seen the prison.
ers without running into danger. This |
door, we are told, has never been kept |
closed in daytime. Again, one guard [
should let the other out at every relief I
Instead of that, Reed walked squarely |
into trap. On the side where the Jones
boys were kept is a peep-hole, where the
guard could have looked from the resi-
dence in front and seen whether the men
were in or not. Then both these desper-
ate men were permitted to be out in the
exercise hall or grating while the guards
were both away, at noon. Had the pre-
cautions provided by the builders of the
Jail been employed, and used. it would
have been absolutely impossible for any
man to have broken out in the manner
Of these men. One fault is, the corridor
for the guards is too narrow. The space
between the bars is fully four inches, and
a prisoner may reach out and seize the
guard-but even that would avail the
prisoner nothing if the means for secur-
lty were properly employed. Even the
wire attached to the Court House bell
to be used as an alarm-refused to
work.
When the Joneses tied Reed, a man
named Patterson, sent in from Raysville
for burglary, and who was in with the
Joneses, offered to release Reed if the lat
ter would let him go. Reed had no choice
but to agree to it, when Patterson ran
out, but was brought back by Deputy
Steele Reed came out with his hands
still tied he had been tied to the bars
with towel and has them Ioosened by
Mr.. John L. Jones, Attorney.
The unfortunate feature about the
whole matter was that those having
charge depended upon the promised Sc
curity of the Jail, and did not pay suffi-'
cient attention to matters of detail. And
the naked, indisputable fact stands forth
that If there had been no guard at all, the
men aCoatld not haze escaped!
We do not wish to enter a discussion
as to the strength of the new Jail. That !
matter will be investigated by interested |
parties. The builder of the iron and steel |
work assures us that the Jail is proof |
against files and saws, but not against |
sledge-hammers. Other Counties have
had as unfortunate experiences with new
Jaiis, and all that is necessary to make
ours safe one, is for guards to remem-
ber that eternal vigilance is the price of |
keeping desperate men confined. 1t is |
hardly possible to make jail that some
body will not break out of. Another |
thing-revolvers and bottles of whisky |
should not be stored in the building,
within reach of prisoners.
No Grease for Him.
"When Greece her kneeS-Greece her |