The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-18


the repcrSsr had 70 elbow his way aiong
60 reach the s5deralk- Then he rushed
10 the county ccur< hozUn. where he found
Night JaiIer Terbury and Day Jztief Nom
roe figuring Up accounts % md ouf s1Ho
vas sin boarding AZ the saa and Who had
jumped their board bill
what Yerbury Had 90 say.
Jafler Yerbury talked with the reporter
Freely, but insisted that Blanck haaf .
real steel revolver when he held him up.
.sDon's ron suppose know the differ
ence between that sfAke' gun. as you call
Il. and the real gun Bsanck had It's no
use talking. Bianck niay have had that
piscs Of wood. bat he also had real
Yerbury then went on to give the story
Of the hoid-up In about the same MARIA
tive rs Murphy had spoken. only that he
94fd he did net remember that BiAuck
said anything to him about any one peek
ing through the hole eroS the Once He
also added that Frank Hart helped
Bianck hind his arms heforASrhey threw
HIN into the cell
Expensive Economy.
Yerbury has been night TALLER for fifteen
rnonths and this ID the first nishap that
has occurred 20 hins. Up 10 about month
ago he was assisted ut night by deputy
sheriff. or second jailer, In Mr.. h @.
| Thornton. who used TO be chief OF police
Sound as one OF the most determined Ofh-
GERS IN be found. The county comznis-
sioners. however. concluded that Sheriff
Van de yauter would have to get along
without him. so the night jatier has been
all alone with his coterie OF mtrderera-
The job Put Up by Blanck.
Day Jailer Maaroe In speaking Of the
escape and the point OF how Bianck man.
aged to get hold of q gun. or more prop
arlx <.t <.ka ~ 81 ga
that Bianck had made 1t in the cage.
II am positive he continued. that
this whole business was put up by Bianck
alone. There was no one else Ia 1t. You
can rest assured Of that
II do not think any thing was SNUG
gled in TO him." This information. COM
ing as IL does from the man who has been
in charge of the day work for years and
who has all the strings at his fingers
ends. may be relied upon as pretty near
authentic.
wilcox's Story or the Event.
When Wilcox was seen he said that he
stayed In the jail for some time after the
| general outbreak before he started 10 go
down TO police headquarters and let the
city officials know what had happened.
| fife said
II picked UP the wooden revolver which
| Blanck had thrown down on the shelf at
| the west end Of the cage after he had held
| Jerry up so eleveriy and started down
| town. When got down part way / met
/ Cudihee and Phillips and told them of
what had happened. / don't want II TO
/ appear from the reports that / tried to
| escape
| That Is right" said one Of the pris-
| oners. che did not 60 out for long time.
| wilcox thinks II was three-quarters of an
hour after the break that he started down
/ town. but of course he II mistaken. Such
| Q. length of time IL simply impossible to
| have elapsed between the time Bianck
/ led his men nut and the time Murphy
| reached headquarters. Detectives Cudi-
| hee. Phillips and Jailer Munroe think Will
| coz was honest in his intentions.
Reward for the Prisoners.
| Senator Van De vanter last night sent
1 out notices offering the following rewards
! for the return OF the prisoners:
| Five hundred dollars for Thonla.
Three hundred dollars for William
Two hundred and nifty dollars for Ser.
One hundred dollars for each of the re.
mainder.
The Escaped Convicts Described.
Following are the descriptions OF the
| escaped prisoners:
Thomas Blaack--Height feet 81 inches
weight i55 pounds. light Completed. light
servius Rutten-Heisht feet II inches
100 pounds. German. IS years old. wears
Willie Holmes-Negro: height S feet /
smooth face, very dark.
Frank Hara-Height feet ~ inches. III
can raise sandy beard.
C. w. Brown-Age s. weight $50. fair
complicated, small mustache.
Charles Wiliiams-Height feet 81. III
1 D(pifudS. slender.
Frank Ci!nefelter--Height feet H. 1854
pounds. age 3. light complicated. very
r.. II. Ford-Twenty-two years old. a
barber. 5 feet u inches. brown eyes
weight is0 pounds.
William Cosgrove-Not obtained.
Rumors of Holdups.
Throughout the night rumors were riff,
of hold-ups about the city and people
focked to police headquarters to makt
Inquiries. But nothing could be learned
of the prisoners whereabouts. II Is be
lieved that Ford and Hart are travelling
with Blanck as they are considered tbs
most dangerous trio, Hart being clever
climinal and Ford being one OF the mos
successful and cunning thieves in the
business. A man who did not give hi.
name called at police headquarters at /:
o'clock and said that at . o'clock he me-
a man who looked like Ford on Jackson
street. near Seventh. but the story wa:
| not believei, Tor f'ofu would not be seer
inthat vicinity when he had so much tim.
TO get beyond the limits of the city.
| Al fi:3o o'clock, when the IRE bell sound
ed the alarm for small fire at Eleventh
and Jackson streets. a good many oid-tirn
ers who had seen exciting days got out
| OF bed and could be seen making Their
| way to police headquarters. They though
| II was signal 10 call out the vigifantes
The alarm sounded three times three
| the old yigilantes call but II merely hap
| pened TO be coincident.
May Have Been One of the Gang.
| A few minutes before o'clock a thick.
set man with a SLOUGH hat and heayy
| coat over his arm hailed a Madison street
| car at Seventh street and rode outside
toward the lake. His actions were such
rs 20 direct attention TO him. and II Is
/ thought he may have been one OF the
| escaped convicts.
Rutten Recapturcd.
About o'clock Rutten was recapturei
near ofIiita by Mike Kelly and Dick
! BerkTnan. Blanck is supposed TO have
been with Rutten.. and the sheriff will
leave Seattle at 3 O'Clock on an enigma,
with strong posse in pursuit OF him
Another party viii go on Lake Shore
engine 10 search for the escaped priso-
ners.