The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-05
ARB BROKEN
Seven Men Escape From the
County Jail.
THEY TIED DRENNEN UP
Beside Adding Insult to Injury by
Locking Him in Cell.

Last night seven prisoners awaiting the
action of the grand jury escaped from the
county jail after first oYerpoWering their
keeper, and severely matreating him.
The affair occurred at a few minutes to
o'clock and before very long half the
people on the streets of the city crowded
round the Jail entrance anxious to OBJ
tain all particulars. Sheriff Hare and a
strong force of deputies, assisted by the
city police, Immediately began a vigorous
hunt over the hills at the back of the
city, and through every locality where it
was probable the fugitives might be
found.
Reames, one of the prisoners awaiting
trldl Tor rob9ing scow near Portland
OF gun and other articles had been suf-
fering from mtrmps for some days ana
at little before o'clock last evening
Jaker brennan took him a lotion from a.
drug store to apply to his neck. Reames
was in the right hand back corridor at
the time, with seven other men, Bishop
Robert, the alleged Catholic fraud John
Claussen, A. E. Love, II. Schrader. An
derson, Murphy, and AIatlin. In the cor
ridor on the other side were Young, Nc
| cam, Henry Grove, Louis Denny, and
a Chinaman. AS soon as Drennqn an
preached the door of the right hand cor
ridor with Reames' medicine, Claussen
stepped 70 the gate and tod him that
the bishop wanted him to attend to some
OF mis- wants. brennan, instead of hand
ing the medicine for Reames through the
Ddrs' as ne mad intenled to do, and know
ing that Roberts was sick, unfastened
the gate with the intention of going to
the latter's CELL when Claussen ana
Reames made a rush at him. Claussen
threw his arms round Drennan's neck
ana dragged him to the ground, ha.f
throttling him in the desire to keep him
from giving the alarm, and then, with
the assistance of Reames, picked him up
by the legs, carried him into Schrader's
cell, and laid him on the bunk. There
they got ropes and tied his hands and
feet together, lashng them securely with
! haf dozen knots. They found a towel
and were proceeding to gag him but he
Pleaded so hard that they desisted.
| Claussen said, 1--WE don't want to hurt
you, old man; you've treated us pretty
white but We're going to get out of this
| hole quick Reams ordered Schrader 20
get club and stand at the door of the
corridor, telling him to brain anybody
that tried to get in or out. Schrader
went to the woodpi.e and arming him
self with big stick of maple, STOOD
ready for business.
Anderson, Claussen Realms, Love and
Schrader then left the corridor locking
the door as they went out, and m'nedi-
ate.y went over to the left hand corridor
and unlocking it, yelled Come on, all
who want to 60" Only two Of the five.
Louis Denny and Henry Grove, respond
ed to the invitation, The seven men then
went out into Drennan's bedroom, took
a revolver and box of cartridges from
a drawer and the gun Reames IS accused |
of stealing, from a corner of the room, |
and then slowly crept into the yard ana |
from there to the street. The darkness |
favored them and they got away with |
out being perceived, dropping the jailer's |
keys on a bench at the front door or
the prison.
AS soon as they had gone, NJ irphy, who
is in custody waiting trial for the theft
of watch from John Kopp, and who
al through the scutilo showed a DISPOSE
tion to assist brennan, ran to release
him, and in a couple of minutes had sew
cred the ropes that bound his hands and
legs. Then, led by brennan, al the
prisoners began yelling fire" and "mur-
der" in the hope of being heard from the
street and being released from the corri-
doris They kept up the noise FOR nearly
fifteen minutes when a lady passing by
formed some of the county officials who
We're at work in the courthouse. They
at once ran over to the Jail and HAD
brennan out of his embarrassing sltua-
tion in few minutes. The Sheriff was
Immediately informed of the occurrence
and he organized a search party. AS soon
as brennan was able to talk he gave an
account of the affair substantially the
same as the above, with the additional
statement that, though his assailants
were careful to keep his head bent down
to the ground the whole time he found
out their identity by their voices. He
gives Murphy considerable credit for the
way in which he acted during the affair
Bishop" Robert made no attempt to
escape. Indeed he is in a very serious
physical condition, and his fellow prison.
ers az claimed last night that he was
being shamefully neglected, not by the
Jailer, but for want of a physician. The
man is suffering great pain, and some
thing should be Immediately done 10 re- [
!ieve him He states that he had NOT
asked for any special attention last {
night from brennan, and that Claussen !
merely made the statement as a pratext
to get the jai.er to open the gate of the
corridor.
Murphy says that for several nights
lately Schrader Reames ana Claussen
nave stayed out of bed till very late l
together in the corridor and :
no doubt connecting some plan for their
escape. According to his story there has
been a. feud between himself and the
three ring,eaders of the affair for some
time, as they have suspected MIN of spy-
ing on them and therefore have been
very careful not TO let him get an ink
ling of their plans.
The lone Chinaman was dumbfoundni
by. the whole occurrence and seemed 10
think that the authorities would starr
IN without loss of time, and out of re-
'enge behead al 1.-The prisoners who had Q
not taken advantage of the opportunity :
-o escape. He mo saboe'd" plentifully
asst night and gave the following expIa-
nation of the AFFAIR:
''Allee man pay cards Ri,oehv n,ar+,
reap man lun in. Hoopee Hellee allie man
gone ouside. Too muchee lacket. Ross
ran him scleam out"
The following is a list of the men who
,seaped with the time of their entrance
mo tne jail and the nature of the crimes
With which they are charged:
J. ANDERSON, July 10, Forgery
H. NJ. REANTES, August Is. Robbery
a. II. LOVE, August 20. confidence man
HENRY GROVE. August 20. confidence
nan. '''e
LOUIS DENNY, August u. larceny.
Il. SCHRADER, August s, fish stealing
y, CLAuSSEN, July %, net stealing.
z'So a. m,-Sheriff Hare has just re-
orned from the Olney road with two
the escaped prisoners who have been
afely lodged in jail again Thinking
nat the men might. hear the approach
the searching party, who were on
orses, and that they would dodge into
le brush and wait until they passed
aus erecting their escape, Mr. Hare
AVS that he slipped out on the O,nev
'ad with Deputy Hardesty and when
bout four miles out, near the Walluski :.
IN upon three Of the prisoners, Grove N
emmy and another, He ordered theyn 10
row up their hands. but the man Who
as not recognized got in lire with the
putty, thus escaping being fired upon.
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