Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-09
RECAPTURED.
The Particulars Of tbs Daring E'caPs Ct
the Prisoners In the Nolan
County jail.
Oftbs seven Inmates -Four Maze Good
Their Escape bat are al subss-
qusntly Recaplursd.

SPECIAL 20 the Gazstts.
swEErwATgR, TEX, July 5 The
escape Of the prisoners from the jail Of
this county, on sunday evening last,
was under the following circum.
stances.
About o'clock m Sheriff Bard
we'll went 70 the cell % give the
prisoners water and their supper,
there being In the jAil at the time
seven criminals, among them two
convicted Of theft and sentenced to
the penitentiary for two and four
year,, w. j. Wood and Neil
Boyett, indicted for the murder Of
Ben Warren at this place on the TO-
uf February, and a bog charged with
theft.
From what we learn from Sheriff
Bsrdwell, II appears that when he
opened the door % the corridor Of the
cage where the prisoners were con.
lined, the cell doors being open, one
Willisfns, charged with theft Of cattle
in Jones county and mere for safe
keeping, caught Sheriff Bard well and
held him and called for the other pris.
onsrs
70 HELP HIN HOLD TRE SHERIFF.
Nell Boyett then took hold Of him and
they held him fast. Coleman, another
prisoner from Jones county, h pal Of
Williams. ran down stSirs % Sheriff
BArdwelps private Office and got
Winchester rife, aud returning leyeled
the same at Sheriff Bardwell and was
Ia the act Of shooting him, when Neil
BOyett interfered and would not per.
init Sheriff Bsrdwell 10 be hurt.
Sheriff Bardwell says he looked Cole
man In the eye and he believes that IL
Neil BOyett had not inte-fered Cole
man
WOULD NAVE KILLED HIN.
He also Gays that while Coleman,
Williams and Boyett were holding
him BOyett told Coleman thathe must
not hurt Bardwell, that Bgyett looked
a. II he wanted 10 escape. bu. that he
wAs afraid to leave the sheriff
aud stayed with him to the
last. The two prisoners sentenced to
the penitentiary escaped, az did also
the prisoner Wood ana the boy Fuller.
The prisoner Wood
JUMPED OUT or THE WINDOW
o. the second story and passed out
through the priyy in the jail.yard.
where he found one Of sheriff Bard.
wells horses, and made his escape.
by this time the alarm
had been given and the
citizens, some fifty ia number. armed
with si&.shooters. shot-guns. Win.
chesters, etc, surrounded the all and
captured the remaining three urison.
err. Decker was covered by the ptis-
Ouer, Coleman, with a Winchester AZ
Coleman was attempting 10 escApe.
aud only for the sagacity OF Decker i'm
getting the drop on him he would
have been killed DscEer told the
prisoner that bis escape was all right
and
DROPPED HIS PISTOL
and the next moment covered him
with his weapon. The three prisoners
were marched into Jail.
Three Of the prisoners who eseaued
were captured the next day, and w.
j, WOOD was captured this evening
about twenty-five miles south OF here,
and has Just been placed In all by the
sheriff and his posse. Neil Boyett
deserves credit for preventing the assss.
-''A'>N'NN W 'BhtiilA ibAiu"tll ny NOIe-
man. Sheriff Scarborough, from Jones
county, was up yesterday and had
Williams and Coleman heavily
iBOSED TO THE FLOOR.
II will be remembered that these
men were caught by Sheriff Scar.
borough in New Mexico after some
three hundred miles ride on horse
back some months ago.
The case Of B0yett and
Woods, on the refusal OF
bail, has been appealed by their
attorneys, aud they are confident that
bail will be granted them by the
court appeals. Boyett was
TAKEN TO THE FoKT WORTH JAIL
yesterday. A great many censure the
officers for sending him there under
the circumstances, H. IL il certain
thst by his Interference he
saved Sheriff Bardwell's life. II is
presumed that w. j. Wood will be
sent TO Fort Worth also for safe keen.
ing. 1t is generally bel eyed that the
prisoners, Boyett and Wood, are not
guilty Of the murder OF Ben Warren.
and they have the sympa.
thy OF large msjority OF The
citizens Of this county Their counsel
are confident of an acquittal. Thee
cases Will likely be tried In November
next