The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-05
BAD man FROM GRANITE
Butts's City Prison Not Quits Shifted
10 tho Tastes OF uf. Jim Sharp.
He Tossk = shovel snSi bag y Hole ThrsSgh
tho Wall and the ~SDnHc~rs Would
Like tO Learn His Pres
emit Address.
spectral io the Standard.

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that Jim sharp. the bad man from
o'clock yesterday morning. He came
without invitation and he took his depart
ure without leave. H." came with the
"ay~.' ,",.. - 'nnS w y" .,""'
a.u "a e,t ,'e.''i Hihi hoies ~ ne ,suS
oi several iSu't' 'iuzeii- ana q mig h"is' IN
the wall of the city jail. He dug his way
out of the prison in the, early hours of yea
tcrday morning.
Sl,,r,, il :. tall man ,f ,,cliu,n w.iyb.-
has a rcd "'o,,S,nrnr ana his Face Is dotted
w"nsc.'r. Hsp'.'ahs tn""''',n'
fresh marks which he Will long bear in re-
nhembrancc of his visit to Butte. One is
on his forehead and the other al his right
had this inscriu,io,, pl,c..d op,osit.. hi.
name or, the Brute police records:
...Ius. Shnrp. ,ti,turI.lnsr in .Io,. Mobiles saloon.
Bl.i man from Granite, who thought to run the
city"
The disturbance in Joe Mobiles saloon
was "a All eN'itinE nature. lhrst or Tour
citizens were more or less .inJur.t IN
Sharp's rampage. and a. good deal of fur
sharp visited several other. saloons and
kept things moving during his brief stay.
Il ~" ,i nn'" %a. ~ ai a br he s%n.n "iaa. sSsrs.
shattering glass doors, and mirrors, kick
ing over tables and throwing chairs across
Tie was arrested 10y Officers
C"iy and Lennon ON NE snnrg'.
OF Disturbance al tie peace IN Noibies s!-
loon. he was fined sluD or ss'nte',c.si Tor
ninety days. sharp pulled cat a handful
Of gold with the air OF a man who cared
nothing Tor money, ana was about to pay
tho fine. when the other charge of mali
cious mischief in the Palace saloon was
brought against him. This overI'ow''rs'.i
him, and IA similar line being charged
against him, he decided not tn pay the
fines hut serve out the terms.
That was last Friday HE was not sent
to- the penitentiary NJ once, hut was held
in the city Jail tn answer To auotherc charge
that WAS tn have been eiiser.si tins lnor'i-
of assault witt, intent To commit murder
M smashing i'm Chris" Joinson's head
with IL beer bottle. johnson is in a criti-
suit of his injuries that sharp was held.
sharp langtiished i'm the city jail Friday
night and Saturday. On saturday night.
he was getting along swimingly in his at
tempt to run Butte, and thought il healthy
fine city jail is the cellar Of the city hall.
1t is not divided into cells, but CONSISTS OF
tive iarg, coihpnrtm,.,ts one Tor male
was i'm the apartment for males, together
with about Is Others. Early yesterday
gan picking at, the, plaster in
the south wall of the jail.
After n half hours work.
he had looscned the plaster sufficiently Ia
extract the bricks and loose building
stones of ;he foundation wall. The space
,Im.i "lir',%H Ta, large enough to ;dnn,,
and found himself in TIN. rear yard of the
c'y han, from which a high board fence
alone KEPT him from Freedom. Sticking
his head back through the aperture,
sharp said:
wow Il amy OF You gents want I" fol-
Ii il an immortal testimonial to the
honor of the Migrants. tlr,Inks and thieves
"n,H one niInw"h Sharn 10 frre,,om. FL.
rest drew nearer the stove and remarked