The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-14
began a game Of biIliards While the gan e

began a game Of billiards While the gan
was in progress Sheriff Sterling entered
tie place. he did uOJ recognize his prls-
oner, but HARNESS. who was now com
pletely nOnplussed called to him and said
LOOK here. Sterling, is it your usual Gus
tom 70 allow your prisoners to be out play
ing billiards at this hour of the nightm
"What do you mean q asked the sheriff
"Why, | mean that this man Carton Was
committed to jail this morning To await the
| action Of the grand jury, and now ne IS
here PLAYING billiards in the evening
Sterling turned pale from the shock and
fear that there had been a jail break.
"Dol't get excited, old fellow, said Car
ton, Il only wanted to get a little fresh air,
but if you object / will go back now"
The sheriff, the lawyer, and the burglar
! crossed the street TO the Jail, where every
door was found closed and locked, even the
cell door being fast. To all inquiries as TO
| how he got out Carton made no reply. He
was replaced in the cell and bidding his
companions good night prepared for bed.
Three or four days afterWard Carton
asked the sheriff if ne could take a walk
around the town to get little fresh air.
Sterling laughed and told him that 1t was
against the rules. Carton did not appear 10
be disappointed, but next morning when
Sterling came from his apartments to the
jail entrance he was astounded to see Car
ton quietly sitting on the steps smoking
cigar. On seeing the sheriff he arose and
saluted him, telling him that ne needed
fresh air so badly that he concluded to take
a walk before breakfast. He was locked
up again by the sheriff, who was thoroughly
alarmed at the fact that this man could at
VIII pass through the walls, apparently, Of
the strongest lall in the state. Carton told
hlm to give himself no uneasiness, as he
liked his quarters too well to leave them
until winter was over.
1t now became thing of frequent occur
renee for the sheriff to find his prisoner sit
ting on the Jail steps, and though he placed
watch on the man he could never find
how the escape was made.
During the latter part of November the
lock on the vault OF the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank became deranged, and the
officials were compelled TO undergo a tenn
porary suspension until they could get some
one to open the lock All the locksmiths in
the town and the bank lock experts Of Kan
sas City tried their skill on the refractory
door III vain, and the bankers were going to
send to New York for an expert, when Car
ton told the sheriff to offer his services, as
he thought he could open the vault Lie
had given Sterling such good reason TO be-
lieve ia his power that the sheriff had no
hesitancy in telling the bankers that he had
a man who could open their safe fer them
carton was escorted To the bank, and III the
presence of the sheriff and bank officials
went TO work. In half an hour he swung
the door open, and then examined the lock
and adjusted the part which had given the
trouble. After receiving the thanks of the
bankers he was taken back to his cell
When the district court convened the
judge found very large docket, and the
result was that Cartons case had to be
postponed until tne August term. All
spring and summer Carton took his regular
nightly excursions, and the matter became
so common that the sheriff began to lose
his fear of an excape. Last Thursday, how
ever, Cartons cell door was open, ana the
prisoner was not sitting on the jail steps.
On stand in the cell was note to Ster-
ling, thanking him for his kindness and
stating that pressing business farther west
necessitated his hasty departure
This was startling, but when John A.
Moss, cashier of the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank, opened his desk that morning
he found a note from Carton stating that he
had taken $500 from the safe in the vault to
pay his travelling expenses, and that he
considered this as a fair payment for his
services in fixing the vault, for which he
had never received pay
Moss rushed to the vault, and in the safe
on pile of money found "A receipt for $500,
signed Henry CartoD." An examination
showed that this was all that was taken
from the thousands of dollars that we're at
hand. Nota clew has been found that would
lead to the discovery of the man, and
Sheriff Sterling firmly believes that he has
had charge OF some supernatural being.