The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-18
FUGITIVESFROM THE CAMPS
Fiity-tWO Escaped COnViCtS in the
Last Seven Years.

Half That Number Have Been Recap
tured, and the Rest Still at Large.
The FuEitives and Their Crimes.
Engineer Blandford's Investigation
Shows That the Escapes Are Too
Many.
Since 1887, or within less than seven
years, ffty-two convicts have escaped
from the convict camps in Chatham
county. OF this number, twenty-six have
been recaptured, leaving an equal num-
Der at large.
During the month, including the later
part Of January and the early part of
February, there were three escapes
William Roberts. colored Jan. 10, escaped
through the negligence of the night guard
The guard was discharged. Roberts had
but two more days to serve and his recap
ture is hardly worth the while. VIM.
Wright, who had ten and half months TO
serve, made his escape througe accident
Feb. 5, and walking Isaac" who is a
regular on the gang, and who is always
made trusty, walked off Feb. IL without
any ceremony He had twelve more days
to serve on a three months sentence
This is larger number of escapes than
took place during the entire seven months
next preceding this.
A RECORD OF THE CAMPS.
Mai Blandford, county engineer. has
made an investigation of all the records
at the camps with reference to escapes,
with view TO ascertaining the number
of prisoners still at large and their names.
There were. no records in the engineers
Office when he took charge, and for infor-
nation before that time he has had to re-
ly on the records at the camps. The re-
cords go back to 1857. In 1887 there were
two escapes and one recapture, IN 1888
four escapes and one recapture, in 1889
three escapes and three recaptures, in
1890 nine escapes and five recaptures, in
1891 eleven escapes and three recaptures,
in 1892 mines escapes and four recaptures,
in 1898 eleven escapes aud four recap
lures, and in 1894 three escapes and one
recapture, total of ffty-two escapes
and twenty-six recaptures OF these
eighteen escapes and thirteen or one-half
OF all the recaptures have been made in
the last twenty months.
PRISONERS STILL AT LARGE.
The prisoners still at large, with the
date of escape and the time each had re
naming TO serve, are as follows Gabriel
Davis, no date given, one year; William
Reynolds, Dec. ID, 1888, two months;
Vincent Green, Dec. 10, eleven months;
William Hall, July II, 1889, two years and
eleven months; Thornton Williams, June
10, 1890, eight months; William Washing
ton, no date given, nine months sentence;
Henry Mcqueen, April 8, 1891, twenty
two days; Priscilla Smith, May 81, 1891,
five months; Paul DAVIS, June 5, 1891,
four months Isaiah Brown, June "a, 1891,
nine months; Robert Alexander, June "a,
1891, one year; Luke Sheppard, Sept. 10,
1891, eleven months; James Lawson, Dec
25, 1891, seven months; Ben Lewis, March
2, 1892, nine months; George Williams,
March %. 1892, nine months George
King. April %, 1892, nine months; Ed
ward Jones, May 16, 1892, one and one
half months; John Clark, June 25 1892,
one and one-half months; Joe williams,
Feb. 20, 1893, five months; Joe Love,
April 10, 1893, five months Abe Matthews,
May 2, 1893, nine months; William Sim
mons, July 3, 1898, four months Celia
Washington, July q, 1898, eleven months,
and the three mentioned above, who es-
capped this year. A glance at these
statistics shows how much work the
county has lost on the canals within the
last six years.