The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-03
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About the only prisoner in the county
jail whose sale-keepiDg was Of importance
was George W. Campbell, alias Parker.
The word pas ia used adviiedly. Parker is
not there now, At an eNly hour yes.
tsrday morning he walked out, and so
far as known is yet walking. he was un-
der sentence Of nine years imprisonment
in the penitentiary at Moundsyille, and
was only waiting theexplratlopof stay OF
sentence granted on thu plea that his con-
sui, Col. AFneit, desired 10 appeal his
case to the higher court, TO be conveyed
there,
Parker ia one Of the three men who
robbed Mr.. Andrews, OF Marion rluhty,
OF 81, 500 at the B. 4 o, depot in this city
one day during the State Fair last Sep
tamber, He is said to be notorious,
audacious and successful general thief,
and ia well known TO the Pittsburgh de-.
teCtives and those Of other places. He is
a man OF about twenty.elght years, feet
II inches in height, weighing about 100
pounds, and when he departed wore u
sandy monstache, He was exceedingly
''slick" in getting away, aud WAS caught
up only on small jobs He never worked
any large schemes. He made his stamp.
ing ground in Pittsburgh, Chicago, and
the territory between those two cities.
When arrested hers he played drunk,
and claimed to be Pittsburgh printer,
This evidence was clear, however, and in.
spite OF good lawyers and every effort to
secure his discharge, he got nine years,
On Monday Parker went about with Q
rag on his head, and complained OF head.
ache At night he rugged up dummy in
his cell, with this cloth on It's head, and
then slept in an adjoining call which was
never locked, being used as a lumber
room,
Yesterday morning Jsilsr Nichols and
Night Guard Qligg entered the prison
corridor to give the prisoners their break
fast, Apparently Parker was snooztng
away in his cell. The keys were left in
the inside OF the door, a. usuAl-a plan
which offers temptations TO escape,
When the tive jsllers were at the other
end OF the corridor, they heard click,
and prisoner called out; Somebody's
gone out |"
NlCUpI5 bHut ~ Ulusp 10 EpIAeI' bup
there was Parker, to all appearances, in
his cell. Examination showed that The
door had been locked on the outside, and
10 get Mrs. Nichols 10 release the two pris.
oners with duplicate keys required some
time, all thatParker needed, lie prnba.
bly, scaled the rough wall leadlngto EoH
street,
A report reached the city last night
that Parker had been caught near Mounds
vile, but It could not be confirmed,
Peter lieiser, confined, rather ordered
10 be confined, in the county jail for an
oIense the penalty Of which was death,
not long ago escaped from Jailer Nichols.
SheritF Handlan then said the escape was
the result Of disobediencs OF his orlera. He
now says Parker escaped by neglect OF his
strict instructions that each cell be search
ed every night. The Sherit's remark
seems to cover the whole case: "Jimlnie
Ia so damnably carelessw Parkets es-
cape Is simply inexcusRble, lie Is too
sharp to be caught, unless by mere mis-
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