Daily Republican., 1886-11-15
A JAIL DELIVERY.
'he discovery made Yesterday Morn.
Ing by Man on the street-Mc.
Coy Refuses co Join Them.

Yesterday morning as Ed~.,a VIII
mot, q resident Of Nev Csssie -
passing the iail at an early bnur he
potioed a rone Iaddsr h.,n,ns noI ~ re
wall. Thinking that somstbirs -
wrong he hsstened IN The (3iinin Hon.a
| whore Sheriff Ford In staying sipca hts
family's removal. and had him called
The. Sheriff hasteped to the jsfJ ar-i
reached there about the tims N,cht
Warden Bunce discovered that celi x
which had been occupied bv TbaOdo ~
Becker and Adolph Kettner. was
empty. An examination of the vac.rt
cell showed that the pri,oners had dno
hole throuR Rh the wall. whicb il tbi,tS
inches thick. In the CORNER hshind that
bed.
This hole Was about two feat In
diameter, and bad eyicentlv been dnc
with q small iron shovel which ma.
found In the cell. 1t in nrohah = tbat
the prisoners had been enoaned at the
work for some time. and carefnllv CON
|oealed the place BY some paner which
had been posted ON the wall. After
getting out of the cell into the ward thev
scaled the wall bv means of a rome lad.
der and descended To the street This
ladder was made of new rones' ahontI
one. fourth of an inch in tbiok meas and
was about twepty.fiye feet in .jeno,h
with q peculiar three.pronsed NOOK ~
one end.
At the place where tbe wall VIVA
scaled It is about twentv.two feet b,oh
and the hooks, which were pa,ided. lad
evidently BET n thrown to The ton of the
wall until q hold was secured In the
coping, when the fupitives ascended
aAd after droppiop the ladder IN The
outside descende ed 10 the street. Tt is
thought that they came To this citv. ss
q milkmsu met two men apsTerins
their description at an early hour yes.
terdiay morning. on the road hetwesn
New CASTLE and Newport.
The Sheriff was IN ths iail until Altar
O'Clock Yesterday morning, and whsn
he left TO no over to the Giipin House
every thing seemed to bo ali right. hnt
some Of the prisopsys saw tha, tbey
heard noises In the iail about q O'Clock.
and it is probable the men made their
O. cape about that time. II IA very evi.
dent Ihat tbsv we're sss,.tsd bv v1,1 n1,s,d.I 1
parties. A the rome Of Witch The
ladder was made ia pew and Also the
hook which was AZ the end N secnrs n |
20 the Wall. IN Ia nyohabje that the an.
tire arrap cement Vas made bv out.Ide
parties and ahmed in to the nr,.ons,s
Tho nevs of tbe escane soon snread
and many visitora a ,cksd IN ti,a i~iit
Yesterday anxioua 10 obtain the mil
sberiff Ford immssi siateiv
sd a dsscri ption NJ The man III
All the nrincinaI ci,ies and ofFaraJ q rs
ward Of S2co for their csntnre Itis
N ported that Beoker'a family racertlv
lisposed OF their busineas A. acbsn, zan
Park. and IL is verv nrshahle that es
both men are qermana tbev will en-.
ieayor 10 make thsir vav ta sorna nor,
rom which thew can take a ,tsa,rsr Sor
Germany.
Kettner in abont 35 vears of aya 6I
cet 10 inches in hsiybt. AND wsigbs /,
about 180 peunds. He has hiscr hsir
md beard dark s1es and pro.,ndins
hin: he apsnIs n si,sh ~. ;ra
ectly. He Was serving a sa5tancs osI
i've yesrs for mansIans6ter sor tha S,,i'
nR OF Patrick o. Rrien' in a saloon ksn,
" him at Silverbrook4 on the nisbt ~
lure as. 1884
Aho,It ono honr s,.- 81. .A.o.,tl
yent to the polies station and cav
limself M to the autborjtjea Al .bsi
L eptember Coprt of 1894 he was o.
aligned. but his trial vos nostnoned nn
notion of Levi @. Bird. Eso hjs conn
sl. His case came mn st Ihs Novemhe, Z
erm following. and the case was Given c
o the Jury which disagresd on Nnyem. II
er ID, 1884. seven rtsr ding for mar. Ii
Laughter. fonr for murder n tbe seo- Ia
nd degree, and one for murder in the Is
rst degree. On November "a 1874