The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-02-20

| NewfAne.-The sensation Of the past week
was the escape Of five prisoners, John DOYLE,
Nellie Williams, Mark Leaw0rth, David Har.
vey and George Miller, from jail last Friday
night by the very same means ~ the unsuc-
cessful attempt described In the REYORMER
two weeks ago. When Arthur Kenney. EN-.
pl0yed by Jatler Underwood, awoke at New.
fame about B O'Clock In the morning, he found
that they had gone. They were confined to-
gether; had succeeded In prying apart with
I0usly made saw from the shank OF one of
the prisoners shoes served to detach the
lock from the cell door. Once In the main
room Of the jail, escape through the Insecure
brick and iron OF an officially condemned In
stituli0n was practically easy. Descriptions
OF the offenders were sent out by telephone
to different iOwDs In the county and pur-
suing party soon after discovered them. All
were caught before noon Saturday. Doyle, the
ring leader, was detected by the chain at
tached to the iron around his ankle, on q
wood road leading from the main Grafton
road, and was brought back to his hotel quar-
ters In a defiant. though rather thoughtful
frame of mind by a Mr. Franklin; prisoner
No 2, was found In an exhausted state on the.
floor of John Wares barn III Townshend by
DR. OsgOOd. and was brought In by James
Underwood, the jaier's son; the other three
were enjoying the fresh, cold winter morn
Ing by quiet walk over the road In upper
DVookHue, anu were OVtTUdktu ny MI AtH-
ney and Mr. Worden, who had no difficulty
In persuading them to the jail hotel care.
Owing to the great depth OF snow It was I'm.
possible for the prisoners to get off from the |
road, which fact, together with their suffer- |
ing from cold, made their capture possible. |
One Of the men froze his feet, and all came In |
chilled to the very marrow. The men are
awaiting trial for stealing and Miller and Har- !
vey were committed from Wilmington for |
stealing from farmer by whom they were
employed. They are said to be
crooks and deserters from the regular army,
and are wanted In Troy, N Y, where they
have been indicted for horse stealing. Their
names according to the New York authorities
are David BriniInerstool and George Coon.
freely expressed In regard to the easy way
me prisoners manage to get out from this
all, and 1t 10 said upon good authority that
he jail IL In no better or worse condition
low than for the past Il years. Wherever
he fault lies. 1t should be looked into at once.
ailer Underwood was In Fltchburg at time
4 the delivery.-The next lyceum will be at
be usual place Saturday evening, Feb. 81 at
80 O'Clock. Question: Resolved, That a
Dung man or woman Is better fitted to earn
livelihood by an industrial than by a co..
'ge education. Ezra Pierce of Putney moves
ito the Bachelor tenement the first of
larch, and MIR Pierce will be with his broth.
:, f Pierce in the butcher business.
Iarcy attended the horse sale 1t Chesterfield
londay last. and bought bay mare.--Capt
hids lectured to large and appreciattve
ldiehce Monday night, and presented each /
ers0n at the end of the lecture " It'll fac
mile of the old Bratteboro stamp as a SOU
Newton is iD town and al
ough blind, Is an example of energy AND
leerfulness which Is not always locked for
one with his great misfortune.-Mrs. Al
e sherman spent few days In the viIlaged
st week, aud read part of very interest
Z paper at the lyceum last Saturday even
g.-Mr Parker finished a very successful
rm of school to-day and leaves for his own'i
,me Saturday morning.