The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-25
JAIL BIRDS RUN TO COVER.
One Of The QuintettG Killed, Three
Caught and One Escapes.

The Covey Flushed in Their oamp.
spencer's Track First Taken BY the
Dogs, But He Had to Be Wounded
Before He Would Surrender-Jim
Kennedy Refused to Surrender and
Was Shot Dead-Fears of a Lynch
ing Bee.
Tfomasville, Ca, Feb 24.-This has
been an exciting day in Thomasville. The
tragic escape Of six prisoners from the
jail on Thursday and the shooting of
Jailer uSingletary has been the talk of
the town The search of Sheriff Doss
and his posse Thursday afternoon and
night and all day yesterday was without
any good results, but it was renewed this
morning, and tonight there is not q
happier man in Georgia than Thomas
county's sheriff. Five of the fugitives
were flushed in their camp in the north
western portion Of the county unexpect-
edly during this morning. They scattered,
all going in different directions.
THE MURDERER CAUGHT FIRST
The dogs took the track of Henry
Spencer, the murderer, and one of the
men that shot the jailer. Spencer is very
frail and could not make much of run.
The dogs picked him up few hundred
yards from the starting point. He
jumped behind tree and presented his
pistol at the officers. He was fired upon
and so badly wounded that he fell. He
was made secure and the dogs carried
back and put on another trail
In this manner John Williams and Alex
Glass were captured without much
trouble.
KENNEDY KILLED.
Then the dogs struck Jim Kennedy's
trail and the most exciting race OF the
day followed. Kennedy is fine speci-
men of physical manhood and went
through the woods, breaking through
swamps and swimming small the streams
with the feeSuess of deer. He seemed to
realize that 1t was a race for life, and he
bent all his energies to making his escape.
The dogs, however, gained upon him and
he was finally brought to bay, fully ten
miles from where he started When the
officers arrived he was in creek up TO
his neck In the water, with the dogs
swimming around him, barking. The
officers called to him TO surrender and
come out, but instead of obeying the COM
mand he continued his efforts to escape.
They fred upon him, the shots took effect
and his dead body was pulled out Of the
water.
THE OTHER STILL AT LARGE.
There was one more at large, but the
dogs, horses and men were too much ex-
hausted TO continue the hunt.
The corpse and the captured prisoners
were brought to town on the 6 :85 O'Clock
train. The large and excited crowd as.
sembled at the depot some time
before the arrival Of the train. There
was considerable talk about lynching the
negroes and Mayor Hopkins with few
armed men went to the Broad street
crossing, half mile from the depot, waved
the train down, and the prisoners were
removed and conveyed with n heavy
armed escort, to the cells from which they
had escaped two days before
The coroner will hold an inquest on the
body of Kennedy tomorrow morning. He
is the man who made the first attack
upon the jailer.
sPENCBR's WOUNDS.
Spencer's wounds are not serious, and
unless something unforeseen turns up, he
will be hung next Thursday according TO
the sentence passed upon him last OctO-
Der. The whereabouts Of the two pris-
oners yet at large is known to the Off
GERS, and 1t Is only a question of time
when they will again be behind the bars
The authorities have received informa--
tion that an organized mob will make an
effort To lynch the prisoners tonight,
and the Thomasville Guards have been
ordered out to guard the jail.