Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-01-03
JAILoR FELLOWS STATEMENT

and had 'trusty" with me, who took the buckets from the cells. Verdugo and Sanches were in their cell (d) and when they came out the trusty was talk ing out the bucket and Verdugo started towards the water-faueet (b) as though he was going to wash himself. When he WAS opposite me he pulled out long knife, and struck at me through the bars of the grating as was standing by the door (e) which was unlocked, with only the bolt of the lock through the staple. I jumped back from the knife and when I did they pulled out the bolt and opened the door. Verdugo jumped on me and hollered in Mexican: 'Give me the keys! Give me the keys" and knocked me down and stabbed me three times with the knife; ion the upper part of the left arm, OF the back of the neck, and un the left shoulder blade.) The cuts hurt me some but are nothing se- rious. I yelled for Gap. Jeffers loud as l could to Come and help me; that the prisoners were getting away. While 1 was yet down Juan Castillo was trying all the keys in the lock to the outside door, and YVES some time finding the right one. He found 1t and the three men went out, Verdugo going out last.
 l followed them down as far as the Blox;on Block, yelling to stop them, but didn't see anyone. The last l saw of them was at Chan Tin Wo's store. and they were going down Main street.
 l did not have my revolver with me, but had left it in my room.
 GUARD JRFFERs' STATEMENT.
 I was in my room in the upper part of the jail building when one of the the trustys came te my door and yelled to me: "Verdugo! Verdugo's gettingoutW
 l came down on a run, half dressed, and found the doors leading out (e and went down and notified Sheriff Shaw and came back. My watch ends at l o'clock, and I don't know anything of how it occurred.
 JAIL PRISONERS ACCOUNT.
 The prisoners in the jail were very talkative on the subject, and the sub stan ce of their stories is as follows:
 None of them were up at the time of the escape except Juan Castillo, who was m the plot. They heard the racket and came out of their cells to see what the trouble was. They corroborate Pel- ion's sta ement of Verdugo's reaching through through the grating at him with knife, but say the knife was a new dirk with white handle, and that it was probably smuggled in by one of the trustys. They did not care to inter- fere with the melee, as Verdugo was a dangerous man and would kill if need ful to escape. They say he did not want to kill Pellon and that he struck the jailor several times with the handle of the knife. Just before he went through the outside door (f) he knocked Pellon down again. They took the keys of with them, also the locks of the doors they went through (e and f) All the prisoners of the jail could have es- capped but did not want to go that way. Several went out in the hall of the court house, and came back again. Pellon's room, opposite where the struggle occur red was locked, so that he could not get his revolver, as the prisoners had the keys. They also state that the escaping murderers were shackled with long chain irons, which did not impede them much in the struggle, and which they unlock ed immediately on obtaining the keys.
 Officers are now in pursuit of the run. aways, who it is thought are headed for Sonora.