The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-10-13
JAIL DELIVERY.
Sage the Notorious SwiDdler and two
Colored Persons Break Jail at Bela1r,

Sage the Notorious SwiDdler and two
Horace d. Baker, Alias George P.
Sage, the notorious bank Swiudler and
forger who successfully operated in
Hartford county, escaped from the Belair
Jail early Sunday morning in company
with two negro prisoners, named Kane
and Kelley. Kane was confined in cell
on the ground floor. Kelley was in a
cell on the second floor with the negro
j. NJ. Hill, arrested in Baltimore recently
for trying to dispose of a lot of watches
which he had secured from colored peo
pie about Belair on the pretext of re.
pairing them. Sage occupied a cell on
the same floor, which was locked with
two large padlocks on a long hasp.
Kelley's cell was locked with a spring
paddock, which he managed to unfasten
and then sawed the hooks of the padlooks
which confined Sage. Hill refused to
escape, saying he was afraid. Sage and
Kelley then freed Kane, and the two
went into cell on the second floor of
the Jail which was unlocked but occupied
by two men held for trifing offenses.
The ceiling of this floor is composed of
heavy logs covered on top with mortar
and bricks. There was a crack between
two of these logs, about two inches
wide, which the men succeeded in en-
larging to a hole eighteen by fifteen
inches and through this they crawled to
large cell on the third floor. The
windows of this room are protected by
iron bars one and one fourth inches
square. They sawed two of these off
at both ends and lowered themselves by
a rope made of eight sheets and one
bolster case to the garden twenty five
feet below. The rope was constructed
upon the most scientific principles and
would have held weight equal to that
| of any two men at once.
After getting out of Belair Jail Sage
made his way to Lspidum and crossed
the Susquehanna river in a rowboat to
| Port Deposit about seven O'Clock Sun
day morning. He had considerable
money and representing himself to be
detective, promptly, secured team and
driver, to be taken where he might wish
to go. About two hours later Sheriff
Hughes, of Hartford, and bis deputy
reached Port Deposit in pursuit. 1t was
found the fugitive had passed the Port
Deposit quarries and on up the river road
but how far no one knows, as all track
of him was lost One of the parties in
pursuit went to Conowingo, only to find
no trace of the fugitive there. The
others started for the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, but had not been heard
from up to late hour this evening. No
tidings of the escaped prisoner could be
obtained, and the team he hired had not
been returned. Mr.. William w. Finney,
teller of the Belair Bank, was engaged in
the pursuit.
When the fugitives had made then
exit the other prisoners raised an cutlery
to arouse the sheriff, W. Oliver Hughes
who hurried to the spot He found
the birds had flown. He Immediately
went for his deputy, Mr.. Frank Batemar
and having informed him of what had
occurred, conferred as to the best n cam
of tracking the Jail breakers After a
hurried consultation he proceeded a,
once to EdgewOod and telegraphed tt
all points, but nothing was learned o
the fugitives.
DESCRIPTION OF THE FUGITIVE.
Sage is about 5 feet inches in heigh
He wears dark mustache and ahel
arrested weighed about It's pounds, bu
since his confinement has grown som
what thinner. He had on yesterday
blue serge suit, but left the trouser
with one of the prisoners. He took Wit
him fine dssrk cloth tsa sihicolo'o. lions i
paid s75, and N.Y. his cou Ms~s. Sal