, 1890-12-04
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Happenings in the Sur-
rounding Country.
A JAIL BRAKE AT M0NTESAN0
Three Prisoners Escape-Descrip-
tions of the Fugitives
From Justioa

ABERDEEN WASH, Dec. 3.--Three
prisoners escaped from the county Jail
at Montesano Sunday night. They were
George Rose, held for sahkeeping from
Pacific county, charged with completely
in the murder of old man Frederickson
and wife; John Black, sert from Elma
Chehalis county, for robbery and under
sentence to serve three years at the state
penitentiary and Baptist Otook, an
Indian, also of this county, sentenced to
one year. The two last were to have
been taken to Walla Walla Tuesday
morning.
Besides these there wers in jail, g. w.
Walker, Undergoing a six months SEN
tence for shooting a man at his ranch
on Humptulips, and JOIN Lindbeck, a
weak minded German, Of Montesano,
sentenced for one year for burglary.
These two refused to leav. the Jail.
Walker says the otllei prisoners had
a plot hatching TO escape, and he so in
formed the sheriff, but no notice was
taken of it.
Sunday evening at 1880 he heard
noises outside the Jail, which he rightly
surmised were made by persons there to
help Rose and Black out
The latter told Walker and Lindbeck
to keep quiet and then walked from
their cells into the main corridor of the
cage and proceeded to the task of max.
ing their exit. This was accomplished
about midnight and after asking Walker
and Lindbeck to go with them or re-
main quiet, Rose, Black and the Indian
disappeared from view.
Your correspondent found no traces Of
forcible entrance into the Jail from the
outside. The Jail is a small wooden
structure. The outer door opened into
a small ante.room. Beyond is q large
room with q Panby steel cage 12xl4 feet,
in which are two steel cells where the
prisoners are con fined at night. These
cells open into corridor, from which a
door opens into the room from which
the only wooden door opens to the out
side ante-room. Not being confined in
the cells, the prisoners were practically
free when they prled oil the corridor
door. ...
Walker exhibited bar of iron about
three feet long and an inch and half in
diameter, with which, he said, the door
was opened, 1T being handed into the
prisoners by confederates. AS Walker
remained in the cell, he could not see
how or by whom the work was done. 1t
is quite probable that Black or Rose,
VINO worked more or less in the Jail
yard contrived to get the bar into the
cell and pried oil the door with it.
All the marks on the door were made
from the inside, which would not have
been the case had the contederates on
The outside done the work.
The door of one of the coils had been
previously broken of, while the other
one was not locked at all, thus all five
of the prisoners were practically in one
room.
There was no guard and none of the
prisoners We're ironed at night, although
three of them were under sentence to 20
10 the penitentiary expecting to leave
the next morning, and one was held for
n self-contess ed murder, as well as being
the chief witness against two other
murderers.
The sheriff offers reward of 5000 for
the capture of the prisoners and 500
for the apprehension of their confed-
crates.
George Rose is about 10 years old,
heavy build, fair complexion, light hair,
stolid expression of face, and has u
small mole ON one cheek, and scarcely
any beard.
John Black is about 30 years of age,
dark compile xion, dark hair and ewes,
short growth of beard, is an old offender
and wears a very buri iened ex preston.
Baptist Otook is an ordinary looking
villain with no distinguishing features,
is about so years oil age. They all had
plenty of blan kets and wore ordinary
clothing.