The St. Johns herald., 1892-02-25
St. Iohne, Thurs1ay February 25
LoCALNEWS.

seven o'clock. there was jail delivery in this place. Three prisoners, John Reid, - Bell and Manuel Baca, walk ed out of jail, got couple of horses one from Henry Hart and one from Dick Burrell, and pulled their freight for parts unknown. All three had charges of fel- ony resting against them. Reid was Tn for uttering a forged check, Bell Tor as- sault with a deadly weapon and Manuel Baca for horse stealing. Their mode of breaking jail was very simple and expe- ditious, it only requiring about five min utes from the time they began work un- til they were in the Sheriff's office, and from there to the outside world, was the work of only few seconds. They took time, however, while in the Sheriff's of- flee to hunt up the six-shooter of the tailor, r. w. Nelson, which is the only weapon they are known to have with them. MT. Nelson, the jailor says, he is in the habit of locking them in their cells about nine o'clock at night, but on the night in question, it must have been about eight, when he went over to lock them up, and found they had gone. MT. Hart found their trall early on Saturday morning, and followed it to the home ranch of the G-bar Cattle Company, which place they reacled-accordiPg to MT. Young, whom they woke up on their arrival-about one o'clock Saturday morning. It being only about five miles from their to the New Mexico line, they had changed their residence before day light, and were outside the jurisdiction of tllis court.
 The delivery was not unexpected by any one in St. Johns, perhaps, except tile tailor. It had been the comnon topic of conversation that they would go, as soon as the roads were in good travelling condition, by almost every one at all conversant with the weakness of the iail building, the careless manner in which the jail was guarded and the des-
 
 inmates.
 MT. Hart could, perhaps, have over taken them, had he had one or more to have gone with him, but it was useless for one man to follow three, who were almost sure of going to the penitentiary if recaptured, for the reason that they would not surrender without desper- ate struggle, and it is not at all unlikely that, before he could overtake them, they would have succeeded in procuring more arms.
 Up to this writing the jailor had not succeeded in getting any one to take their trail. The time that has elapsed since their escape has enabled them to get such start. for any one to follow them now would be useless and money thrown away.
 On Saturday morning Mir. Nelson went to Judge Ruiz to get warrant for the escapes for horse stealing, winch was re. fused on the ground that the commit. ment he had was sufficient to follow and recapture them, and that to grant war. rant and allow the Sherih's office to put in a claim for mileage in following them was a species of robbery he would not countenance. They were in the Sheriff'f custody, and he was responsible for theil appearance at court, without any addi tional expense to the county. There have been other escapes from the coun ty jail, but this is the first instance il which a warrant was ever asked for tC enable the Sheriff to recapture the es capped. The almighty dollar has won derful fascination for some persons. | is like pulling eye-teeth to let one O them go, once they get in their posses sion.