The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-03-25


Wickwire. Hilderhoof. " Richard Roe." Jim
Stewart. Fred Carts. d. Sanford and May yberry
the seven prisoners confined in the coanty Jail,
nearly sawed their way to freedom last We'd
| nesday and quite saw their way to freedom,
and had it not been for the telltaie droppings
| of sawdust, they would now be :ugitives from
justice, with sheriff Jones al Ill his deputies
eagerly on their scent. Between the Sherifs
| bedroom in the east part of the building and
the Jail proper is q square aperture through
the wall. commonly denominated q watch
| hole,' made of course to enable the officials to
keep an eye on the prisoners. The opening is
crossed by four heavy iron bars firmly imbed-
| ded in the stone. These bars the prisoners
| sawed in two at the bottom, but the opening not
being large enough TO permit the passage of a
human body, they commenced saving the case
ment and were in a fair way to succeed in their
| purpose had it not been for the unforeseen cir
| cumstance of some of the sawdust falling on
| the other side. Sheriff Jones at once secured
the services Of Deputy Clerk T. W. Seaton,
| with whom he entered the prisoners a. artmenu
and searched Zach inmate. But evidently some
one of their nun Der had - smell ed MICE" for
not single tool or any evidence of one was
found either on the prisoners OF in the build
ing although the search was continued for
| several hours. Deputy Seaton remained in the
building some time afterward. unbeknown to
the prisoners, but they were shreWd enough
not to be caught in this way, maintaining q
discreet silence, which no doubt they had heard
was at times golden. They were each accom-
modated with a cell, where they now spend the
| time in unpleasant recollectIons, after having
| listened TO the noise made by workmep engag-
| ed in filling up The watch hole" 1t is said
that enough holes were found in various por-
tions of the walls where the mortar had been
| picked away by prisoners in years past to store
cord of wood. Wickwire and Roe" are
| credited with being the only participants in
| the undertaking, although no one knows how
| that is.
After the discovery, note. signed by Wick
wire. was received by the Sheriff. informing
him that an attempt would be made by the 9th
er prisoners to break Jail, and warning him to
| be on the lookout Wickwire was very inno-
cent. and had no idea who the guilty conspira-
tors were. This was Immediately before his
trial. and he expressed great concern that such
wicked attempt should be brought to light
lust SIS he was about TO establish his innocence
before ajury. But
"The best laid schemes o. mice and men
Gang aft agley,"
as Wickwire is doubtless forcibly reminded by
| the miscarriage of his little epistolary scheme
to obtain the sympathy of the court and jury.
A subsequent search resulted in the finding
of a knife concealed under the stove in the pris-
oners' apartment.
Carpet trade booming at Snyders.
Try Snyder's celebrated $1.25 LinoIeum this
spring.
Snyder's Carpets are easy to buy and hard to
b bsat-only 20 cts for best Lowells.
Look before you leap. Look at Snyder's ele-
CANT Carpets for 40, so and 60 cents, and you will
leap for joy.
Going up for the good of the community. may
be said of hanging Malta desperate. But
going down for the good of the community. is the
proper thing on prices of Dry Goods and Carpets
at Snyder's.
It's love at first sight. those handsome Dress
goods for 25. 35. 40 and so cts. at Snyder's.
1t is to be regretted that the composure of an
old dry goods man should be ruffled over the fact
of Snyder having the exclusive sale of the best
makes of jamestown Dress Goods. Although
not the largest store in the country. good judg-
ment was shown by the jamestown agent. in se
lecting live concern like Snyders, who
know good thing when they see it, and are sat
isfed with small profits on large saIes The |
goods are selling at an astonishingly rapid rate,
and customers delighted over such nice goods at |
25, 35 and 40 cents ayard.