Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-22
CRIMINAL.
A DEsPERADo's SENTENCE.

Iopnn, u notorious desperad0, W.,
Yesterday sentenced by judy
Hunies to II years In the pcniten
t,nry ut Wnlln Wnlla. Logan, Eu
that was the name under which h
was committed, was brought up 70
trial ON two charges, one for roll
berry aud the other for assault will
intent to commit robbery. He 1
the man who about three weeks ag,
attempted to hold up"Uncle Hnrris'
nj south Eleventh street and Yesle
avenue, aud when the victim
showed fight, knocked him dow
and beat him 81 badly that he wa,
confined to his led for several days
The same evening Logan held ~
John Oliver on south Ninth street
Cieary, alias Logan, IL no stranger
TO the police Of this and other cities
and although only "a years Of age
he has already served two terms IN
prison for felony. He was born III
California. On February II. 1885
he was convicted Of petty larceny
and sent to prison as Frank Logan.
On December l2, 1885, he was con-
victed of burglary In the second
degree and sent to the Folsom state
prison for five years, md aflerward
transferred 10 San Quentin. He
was discharged as James Cleury on
July 10, 1880. Paddy Norton, who
was with Logan when he robbed
Oliver, was arrested by Detective
Willard shortly after the arrest of
Logan and taken before Judge
Rivers, who ordered him TO leave
the city. Since then Norton has
been away.
JAIL DELIVERY THWARTED.
SEATTLE, Nov. ga cleverly
laid scheme at the county Jail deliv-
cry was thwnrted yesterday morn
ing about 10 O'Clock by day jailer
Farraher. 1t was such u one as
would doubtless have led to gen
ernl delivery last night. aud In any
even, four of the very worst crinii.
mails In the county jail would have
escaped. The four in question are
william Gleason, William Mmney,
Thomas Farrell aud John Morris.
Two or three days ago j,iler Far
raher, while In the .juii, Thought he
could scent the odor created by the
crunibling of dry lime or mortar.
Hi, SUPP inns were at once aroused
and he came TO the conclusion that
the prisoners were planning IN es-
cape by trying to dig through the
wall. He reas med that unless the
men could he caught In the act It
w0u'd be next to impossible to get
th' ir tools. 80 Furrnher watched
his chances and once ur twice II day
would quietly sip down into the
Jail for the purpoae of catching the
men ut work. However, he could
not, hut noticed suspicious niancu-
vres OF the prisoners in the south
corridor of the Jail, where the long
termed prisoners are kept. This
was particularly noticeable with re-
gard to the actions of the persons
occupying the two cells nearest to
the east end of the Jail.
Yesterday morning ab0ut 10
oc ock Farruher determined to raid
the Jail suddenly aud 1t possible
catch the men ut their work. Ac
cor IN -ly Fai ralIer, accompanied by
Deputy Sheriffs Wells and Jones.
quietly slipped down into the Jail.
They huriiedly unlocked the doors
and rushed back to the two cells I'D
Joining the east wall of the Jail.
Mooney md Gleason emerged from
the cell next to the wall as the cor
rldor door was unlocked. The Of
hcers rushed In and discovered u
miscellaneous lot of nicely y-c0n-
structed tools scattered about the cell
moor. Removing the bed clothing
"e work Of the prisoner was laid
year. The east wall of the juil Is of
none and brick. The thickness Of
we orick wall, which is Oh the in
s'de' IL about eight inches, and the
outer stone wall abont lS inches
thick.
with the tools at hand the prisoner
"ad dug out the brick wall and
p'c@ed every speck of mortar from
""uhd u huge rock the full thick
meas OF the wall aud no ,rly two feet
!" length. There was nothing left
W mold It In place. All the prisoners
would have had to do would lie to
.uoVe out this stone. The apper-
.a'e 'hus LETT by the displacement of
'ue stone would have been large
s"oueh for two prisoners to have
''awled through.
mere 10 hardly a doubt had the
!a' not been searched yesterday but
w"a. at least these four prisoners
n nu" nave escaped lust night.
s"i'ess others, II not a general
~ ,s"ssry' would have escaped, for It
r'ooao'e tue prisoners could have
n"d "cked the cell doors by sonle
rrooahly no more desperate men
,. e ever confined IN the county