The morning news., 1894-02-23
PRISONERS BREAK JAIL.
Two Of The Five Fire Bullets Into
The JaileT.

His Wounds Severe But Not Neoss-
sarily Fatal-One CT the Quintette
of FuEitivss a Murderer Who Was
to Have Been Hanged To-day
Posse Tries in Vain to Capture
Them.
Townsville, Ca. Feb. o. -Thomasville
was thrown into great excitement this
afternoon about O'Clock by report that
there had been a Jail delivery and that
the jailer, T. S. Singletary, was badly
shot The rumor proved true
jim Kennedy, negro, had been in Jail
awaiting trial, and was taken out, tried
and convicted to-day and sentenced to
four months ON the chain-gang. Jailer
oingletary was putting Kennedy in Jail,
and when he reached that part of the Jail
where the cells occupied by five negroes
were situated, and before entering the
open space whore the prisoners were
allowed to come out Of their cells and
walk around in, he ordered them to re-
enter their cells and. then sprung the
lever which locked them in when he en-
tered with Kennedy, wheroupOn Ecnuedy
suddenly snatchcd SinPletarys pistol and
OuLIollAlG IL III NDllElJbdTN 5 tdCt, 10 q
him he was going to shoot him. Single
tary reasoned with him about the fol V
Of such course, but Kennedy persisted
in saying he would shoot Siugletary Sin
gletary espiefaC Clargc lock near by and
grasping Chis, Knocked Kennedy down,
jumping on him and endeavored torecover
the pistol. ai ~
THE SHOOTING.
Kennedy placed the weapon against the
iailOr's brcust Just under the shoulder
and fired, the ball entering and ranging
in an unknown direction. Singletary
escaped from his murderOus assanant and
ran down stairs, where he seized a foot
adze. AS soon as Singletary had gone.
Kennedy threw back the lever, letting
out the five prisoners -amOng them tho
notorious murderer, Henry SPENCER, who
was uGd sentence to A,mg neXt Thurs
day. Kennedy turned the pistol over to
Spencer, and the i've came down stairs
and attacked the iailor, Spencer placing
the pistol in his face and firing The
bullet entered near the nose,
but did not pass through the
head. Inc negroes walked out of the
front door of the Jail, Spencer telling Mrs.
SlDgletarY and her little daurhJcr that
he had good mind to sleot them too.
The negroes passed out of the front gate
and through the public street into the
woods. '"7f'1 q t'N
= FRUITLEss PCR5UTr
The sheriff Immediately collected a
large posse on horseback and wonti III par-
suit. At 5 o'clock to-night most Of the
posse have returned with no tidings Of
the escaped criminals. Spencer Is a no.
tCrious and willy desperate and
the terror of large section
lie gave the officers great
deal of trouble 10 arrest him, and this
was finally accomplished only by the
treac hcry o. his friends He viii prora-
bly, maze things lively before he is taken
AGAIN. One OF the citizens Of Thomcs-
vile left Tor Atlanta this morning wl.h 4
numerously signed petition 10 the cover
nor to commute the death sentence Of
this desperate murderer, who boasts of
his diahoi al crimes Telegrams went
thick and last to tho governor this after
noon. and it IS safe TO say the sontimen Al
signcrs of that petition re srct their a. tion
now.
Singletary is badly wounded, but not
necessarily fatally. the mud rcrs meant
to kiii him, and doubtless thought they
had. His escape is what people call
miraculous.
PUZZLED THE GOVERNOR.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 22-Gov. Northan
was somewhat puzzled today by the re
ceipt OF several teerrams from Thomas
yillo stating that Henry Spencer, con-
demncd TO be hanged for murder had es-
capped from Jail, and ASKING him uos TO com
mute Spencer sentence. No application
has yes boon received at the capitol for
this Communication, and the governor did
not understand tho telegram. One Of the
messages was from Judge Hanscli and
another was from Acting Solic or Mcln-
tyre. Later, the governor learned that
DIR. Ramsey was on his way to Atlanta
with a long PC itiou for the Communication
when Spencer made his escape DR.
Ramsey had not presented mis- papers up
U this oYening.