The record-union., 1894-01-25
Owens, a Member of the Party,
Captured at Healdsburg.
NOTHING HEARD OF MUIR DERER
BRUGGY AND ESPEY.
aonoma County's Capital City Enjoys
Another Sensation in the Suicide OF
Woman who Was Disappointed
In nLove-Excitement Running H1gh
at PetaIuma Over the MeaEher
Murder.
special to the REcoRD-UxroS.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
SANTA Rosa. Jan. 24-Great excite
ment still prevails over the jail break OF
George w. Bruggy, the condemned muir
derer, and other prisoners, and the ques-
ton is asked every hour if anything has
been heard of the escapes.
Owens, one of the escapes, was cap
tured by Constable Norton of Healds-
burg this afternoon. Owens is young
man who was in jail for petit larceny.
He said he had walked to Healdsburg
with Pridgett during the night, and that
they went into a building near the rail-
way bridge He wanted to see his
mother, who lives in town, and he left
Pridgett. When captured he was under
the house. Owens said Espey had 500
with him when he left the Jail, and that
both he and Bruggy were we'll armed.
He also said Bruggy blackened his red
mustache as soon as he got out.
The officers of Healdsburg are after
Pridgett. with chances favorable to his
capture. Owens said it was Pridgett's
intention to walk up the track and catch
the down freight.
Twenty Deputy Sheriffs are still in the
field, but nothing has yet been heard OF
Espey and Bruggy. The most interest
seems to center on Espey, as 1t is thought
he will make a strong fight. Persons
here have little faith in Bruggy's nerve
or courage.
An authentic story of the escape and
the manner in which it was carried out
was secured by the Associated Press cor
respondent this morning from one OF the
prisoners in the Jail, who refused to say
ANYTHING until the promise was made to
his S0ornf He that
Bruggy, who made chum of him, told
him three weeks ago that the break was
going to be made. He told Bruggy that
be had better tell 40 one else, and the
latter, so far as he knows, followed his
advice.
A thorough search was made of the jail
about four weeks ago. Atthat time there
was nothing of a suspicious character.
This prisoner says that the file was first
brought into the jail two weeks ago. With
its aid the keys were made which un-
locked Bruggy's and Espey's cell. An inn
preston was first taken by means of tin
foil. The original plan was to make keys
to unlock all the inner doors, and when
the time came. to hold up the guard in
front of the Office Jail q t0 Evans and
Morrell.
This plan was given up and a steel saw
made its appearance in the jail. Bruggy
and Espey then decided to cut through
Inc cage anu break Inc grass III tuS 1OOI
from the top Of the main cage.
Within the last few days all Of the
forty-odd inmates in the jail knew that
the break was going to be made, and all
stood in, to use the intormants phrase,
to assist the two arch consplrators.
Two iron bars in the lattice work of the
cage were cut on Monday evening. The
remaining two-the cutting of which was
required to open the square-were fin
ished yesterday morning at ii O'Clock. 1t
had been remarked by outsiders that for
two or three days past the prisoners had
been unusually noisy, singing, shouting,
etc. 1t is now understood that this was
part of the cleverly planned scheme.
While fellow prisoners were creating as
much disturbance as possible the steel
saw was being used on the cage at the
north end of the Jail.
Your correspondents informant says
that the last two bars were cut in fifteen
minutes When everything was in readi-
ness at o o'clock last night, Bruggy called
a council of war, and arranged for certain
prisoners to guard the hole in the cage
and not let any one out until Espey and
he had half an hour start, An effort was
made to do so, but Bruggy and Espey
had not been out more than ten minutes
before the other four followed. The in
formant says that Bruggy had two re-
volyerS and ESDey one.