Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-19
SAWED OUT OF JAIL.
Ono Desperate Criminal L,adS Three
Prisoners Out Of the BLACK Hole"
AL MADE GOOD THEIR ESCAPE.
The knspm Was kImball, the Man
Who 50 Boldly Hound aud Robbed
ta'tict1n, the Slortkcpper.

Once more II has boon proven tina.
the city jail is an unsaic place fot
the detention Of desperate criminals.
IL was a matter OF regret, though
not " much surprise, 10 the police thu
morning, when the discovery was mai,
that there had teen 70 iail delivery last
night
Assistant Jhllor Sol Kimball was tho
hnt man TO ascertain that The city had
four prisoners less to feed this morning
Than dinc1 at IT, expense yesterday
some time during the night-lust what
hour Is not knuwu-thtco bars had
been sawu tn twain at the top and
wrcatci from their fastouiugs at the
bottom from the northwest window,
facing the city hail. out OF the OPEN
Ing thus made four men jumped to tho
ground below, a distance OF about twelve
or iiiigon feet nud made their escape.
They were headed by Klmball, the
man who Chief Pmu says. bJuud
aud robbed Frank Caslleton In his
fiorc IN the Twenty. first ward recently
anu who had served about two.thlris
~ term Of ninety days' imprisonment
Tor petit larceny. In the window was
small Ina pr0visod saw and note VI
which the following b a COPY:
Tuesday, Aprlli7
Dear Sir-Whll0 / regret exceedingly
tho circumstances that furco mo 90 leave
You thus-wilhout bidding you goodbye
i hupu You viii accept my humble
apologies and trust We will moot Ia that
land ui democracy whore thU snow mover
falls aud whore will toudor them in
person. kindly destroy my letters aud
effects In tho oilic0 aud obliro yours with
'ho utmost respect, your lalo guest,
kiMnALL.
klmblll was a sort Of a humorlst aud
10 recognized by Mt. Raleigh. When
ho wns first incarcoratel he refused
absolutely to 20 10 work with the other
prisoners. Hu ha dn't been accustomed
to that kind Of thing. He was given
the alternative Of breaking rock or
being thrust into sweat box or dark
cell aud fed on bread aud water. He
chose the latter. After spending
twenty-iour hours In the "blnck
hole" he chpitulntcd and said
no would try little work. He
was very good naiuTed about II all aud
never again complained but apparently
went 10 evolving scheme Tor escape
aud finally was successful. IL IL be-.
lluvod from the date which bis tender
note u farewell bears that no intended
10 got away couple Of nights ago tut
that there was u hitch somewhere.
The men who went with him were
Samuel GriCc, serving bixty.fiv days
for stealing a set Of harness from X. *.
Thomas and who Il under Indictment
by the grand jury for grand larceny;
James j. Dunn, sent up for ninety
days iOr petit larceny with only TWEEN
ty'iour more days 10 serve, Rnd Thomas
Roe who was doing ten days Tor
trespass. Up 10 this afternoon the
fonegades had not been heard from,
and II Il hoped by many that they
have started Ou their journey 10 loin
Coxey's army.
Chicf Pral, today deplored tho
wfoichcd aud unsAie condition OF tho
city jail Grand Jures have for years
Ie.h N"HaNAANA - AhVNhlNtulgf anu
OF late have absolutely forbidden tho
imprisonment VI men on the ground
door around which the only real bar.
nufs 10 escape are. That part " tho
iali Is dark, damp aud uuhehllhml. it
II saturated with iilth that no amount
Of sctubbing " cleaning can over re-.
move, anu twenty -iOur hours OF con.
tiuoment there, It Is claimed, would
make n long soige Of sickness certain.
Therefore the prisoners are put into tho
q apartments on the second story aud
tlUm which they eau get away ut Will
almost any time,
Last nighps jail delivery had the
effect VI again fesurfectiug the ques-
tiou NJ erecting new jgil,for which
a generally conceded due sot Of plans
have been adopted for some time. It's
argued that the building, besides being
a necessity Of the most urgent charac-
ter, can be- constructed at less cost 20.
day than nj any time 40 faras known.
A "a effort Will therefore be- made 10
or Get apart a portion Of tho
ssOhOOu additional bond issue for that
purpose.