Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-16

!, before. also escaped from the penitentiary,
and I'll do it again. This is the toughest
| job ever undertook. I'm in for thirty-fve
years, and two charges pending. Now, /
| do not propose to serve them out. / am not
| the boy to make any foolish breaks. I'll
| take desperate chances, but am not ready
| to die in any foolish attempts at escape"
The other three stood back and appeared
| much beset at their failure to breathe free
| air. but said nothing.>
The four men were marched into cells and
| locked up, Campbell assuring MIR. Elliott he
| need not fear further trouble from him that
night.
| The men had worked hard all day in pre-
| pairing the cell from which they proposed
| 10 make their escape. When the jailer APP
| peared to close up for TIL night the four
men entered this cell; the jailer sprang the
brake that bolts all the cells simultaneously.
! This was just what the men desired; they
were at liberty at the proper time to begin
their desperate work, for the cell into
which they had gone was not barred. The
| work that these men accomplished was
nothing short of wonderful. The bolt caps
were pried off, the bars bent in a way that
| only experts could have done in so short a
| time, and could not be put to the same use
again. new ones being necessary.
| Had they succeeded in getting into the
| corridors their escape would have been GER
| tain. for each armed with a bar could have
| pried OF the outer bars easily, tied blankets
| together and lowered themselves to the
ground on the north side next the bluff
| where detection would have been almost
| impossible at that hour Of the night.
| Campbell talked with GAZETTE reporter
| yesterday afternoon about the '.job" but
put no further light upon the matter than
| has been explained. He was certainly
proud of his sob though he failed to
escape. He was especially particular to
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the other three as helpers, though he de
clared he would not have skipped without
| his "helpers" accompanied him to the
| ground-they then would have to look out
| for themselves. He said, 'tI'll leave you
| tonight for the pen, but you will hear of
| Bob Campbell making his escape or getting
| killed.
, Last night Agent Truitt came for Bob
and took him. chained heavily, to the train
for the penitentiary. Campbell is suffer-
ing from huge boil on the back of his
neck, and implored the agent to keep the
chains OF his neck, but to no purpose, the
agent declared his determination to carry
him safely through, and on his neck, legs
and arms the irons went.
The agent had twelve prisoners in his
charge, eight from here and four from
other points, all chained together.
JAIL NOTES.
Charley Sage, charged with robbery in
the acre IS out on bond.
Jake Potts, colored, charged with theft,
value under $50, made bond yesterday and
was released.
Barney" Morrison was taken to Bren-
ham yesterday for trial, being United
States prisoner.
Mrs. Magee, sentenced for five years, sits
by the window fronting the courthouse and
gazes intently at that structure talking as
though she was addressing the Judge and
jury, and roasts them for sentencing her.
Tears flow at times, at others she is laugh
ing peculiar laugh. and at no time is bois-
ferrous. She is bitter in her denunciation
of Annie Wade, the gay Annie who was
locked up for disappearing in male attire
and raising Cain generally. When Annie
was transferred from the calaboose to Jail
she borrowed wrap to make the trip in,
discarding her male attire. When she left
the Jail for trial, Mrs Magee furnished her
clothing. including bonnet, dress, shoes,
wrap. etc. She was not returned to her
quarters at the jail, and up to date has
failed to return Mrs. Magee's clothing.