The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-19
THEMES TO ESCAPE.
h Boy Burglars Caught In a
Cunning Attempt.
Z GWEN FROM THE OUTSIDE
rsf1ers Cannot Discover Where
Jaws Are Obtained : Attempt TO
effect a Wholesale Exit.

e.orse Johnston, county Jail prisoner,
!. rsrsht while trying TO saw his way to
s.tr Yesterday morning. Jailer Pat
her took shot at him, and, though
.sss not hit, the jailer captured the saw
81 which ne was cutting the iron bars.
Nrsa,elock in the morning Night Jailer
.nroe went home and Day Jailer Far
s.r vent downstairs TO let the prisoners
i a xere in cells ont into the corridors.
Il "a east corridor is confined Johnston,
I.tpuced to six months imprisonment
II attempting to commit a robbery. His
A ia COMPANIONS are Eugene Guilty and
"a Kelton. the boy burglars, under
Il xsssnne for robbing the house of c. w.
s.. at Lake Union.
IThen Johnston, kelton and Guilty
L. unlocked from their cells, Farraher
Iced they looked more than usually
;gbt and cheerful. They got around
3~ivelv. and what they could have in mind
lEk make them so hopeful worried the
laer somewhat.
II Tarraher kept his eye open and said
shing. but went around the Jail and
II Ysae 4 memorandum in his head of the
Irroundings. They had no outside REIN
fsrements and so ne concluded that they
fust intend TO saw their way out, though
Lbere they could have got the tools was a
Hknundrum.
IH About o'clock the jailer slipped into
|Ae auditors Office, on the east side of the
I7uilding. and opened window. He could
kar the voices of the three toughs in Sc
IsNconncil. He listened and heard Guilty
ISHes not watching; it's too early
aBetter be easy, anyhow" returned
||kelton.
lsYou give me a boost, the window is too
I3ph. cautiously whispered Johnston.
4 Just then Johnston was helped to seat
n the high window ledge, where the jailer
kmId plainly see him.
l where's the saw, kelton 2" 1t was
mhliiys voice.
Ill sIve got one here. )" said Johnston, look
n down at his companions, at the same
me pulling q slender steel saw from his
keast. After a moments hesitation, dur
ng which he looked out anxiously to sec
BE was observed, Johnston picked out a
SSted bar and commenced saving.
HI The taller watched a few moments and
IIken reached for the revolver in his hip
tscket. He did not care about shooting
W0hnston. but wanted to scare him. So he
HU<1Dti Out tic AltttlON stc dS ilG
HID discharged the revolver right in the
h bee of the astonished prisoner. The bull
HI lodged in the window sill, near the
Isoner's knee, while his face was scared
18th the fiery powder. Johnston was so
IEghtened he became numb and rolled
hckwards from the window into the arms
III his two young confederates. In his
hight he left the saw in the bar, and the
Elor had no difficulty in pulling il out.
IN Farraher then went down into the Jail to
box the three schemers up and look for
nore saws. When the corridor was I'M
eked Johnston was crouched trembling
corner. He thought sure he was go-
: hg TO be shot at again.
Il Il want the rest of those saws you fell
ovs have hid away down here, demanded
the jailer.
| "We hav'nt got any more. 1t was the
knly one we had" gasped Johnston, still
10 scared he could scarcely breathe.
Young Guilty and Kelton, though
3ightened, were suilen and non-communi-
fntye. All three were locked in separate
Halls
How do the prisoners get the saws is a
question which the jailer would thank
fme person TO answer for him; or who
fyes the saws to them is what he would
prefer TO know.
| He thinks if the authorities could catch
foung Charles Brown, former prisoner,
Eae lailbirds would not get any more tools
? 5or some time
II When Gleason. the highway robber, was
Fnder sentence of fourteen years in the
fOaniy jail few weeks ago, Brown was his
pen companion. He was charged with at
plkmpted larceny, but, his attorney show
9ng that there was no such crime enumer-
sed In the constitution, he was released.
2Alter his trial he went back to the prison
3oPpr ms clothes. Gleason was heard to say /:
n How did yon come out. KIDD
= eGood!n
q Gieasen called him up the bars of his
fel, and there they planned a way for a
Shoiesaie delivery of all the prisoners.
= brown was TO get several revolvers. by
nlr means or foul. The prisoners would
year blanket into strips and make a
7s,out long rope. They would get up on
jsae nigh window-ledge and throw the end
III Inc rope from between the bars, just
Ever the fence which incloses the prison
I!afd, into the deep alley on the other
Ede. Brown was TO come along about
iuask, Tie the reyolyers to the end of the
Iavpe and throw them over into the prison
Ilaia; a few pulls on the line would then
Ianu the weapons in the Jail
ineh, when the jailer came down the
|lsAt morning at 6 clock. to let the prison
I.ls out IN the corridor. they would over
1EWer him, and if necessary, kill him.
aae next move would be to get the keys to
sae outside doors, and in the quiet of the
Moeiiing and the haze of the coming day il
dsqald DC an easy matter TO escape
Luckily Iailer Farraher was made aware
M we plan by 'trusty, and himself and
fssns Jalier Monroe guarded the sur
l}sSaialngs OF the Jail all night. bat Young
Num- never put in an appearance. The
s'aaAet rope was thrown from the window
- ~ the end lay IN readiness in the deep
1srey until morning, when some one pulled
- me, with nothing on it, back into the
.aaaow. Brown evidently found out that
~ !aiers were waiting 10 give him a
}klain reception. and making the best of
r. ~ chances had left the town.
rue next day Gleason and six others
ssie ehalned and taken 10 Walla Walla,
49,. 49, 'hey are now serving ont long SEN
me laiiers have frequently seen lines of
~. ail9 strips of torn clothing reaching
w. NJ! Tue barred windows 10 the ground.
- asa they have never caught any one tying
~ ~ VIC nalt with which the prisoners may
-s =, Their way TO liberty.
.; tnSeF tAlnk though that young Brown is
w.. lurking about the city. for within the
] e. ~. slS weeks several brand new saws have
| VA taken nom the cells OF prisoners.
1 KING CpJeNrx non rDnxre