The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-27
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Pennington, April 26.-It is a strange
story, that of the recent Jail delivery here.
1t tells of prison in charge of women. ex-
cept that man came in to lock and unlock
the cell doors. ard of woman who is
alleged to have. released the prisoners for a
bride of three dollars. She is by marriage
member of an old family Of prominence in
the county.
On April IS, Jailer Dyer and Mrs. Dyer
were away from Pennington on visit to
Boston. Mr.. Dyer has charge of the Frank
lin county jail located in this village. The
prison is small brick building, two stories
high but it is fitted with all the modern APP
phi ances designed to keep the inmates from
getting out. At the front of the building
stands a wooden cottage which serves as
the jailor's residence and from this house
there are two openings into the jailbuilding
proper. One is the heavy hon door and
the other is a small opening in the high
wall between the prison and the pantry OF
the jailor's residence. The purpose of this
opening is sufficiently explained by its
name. 1t is known as the bread hole and
through il is passed the food for the PRISON.
ers.
When Jaiior Dyer and Mrs. Dyer left for
Boston there were three boarders in the
little brick hotel. The chief in Importance
was Fred W. Lake who. although but 20
years old, has done time in Massachusetts
institutions and who is wanted in Farming
to for stealing horse and carriage from
Mr.. Clark, the livery stable keeper. two
years ago, when Lake represented himself
to be a graduate of the normal school here.
The team has never been recovered, but
Lake was found in Massachusetts, some
time ago by State Detective Sylvester. and
was in the jail awaiting trial on the charge
of stealing Mr.. Clark's horse and wagon.
Frank Sweeney was awaiting trial on a
charge of having forged an order for some
articles of clothing, the order being filed
by New Sharon trader. Philip Landre, of
Jay Bridge. was behind the bars simply be-
cause he had been arrested for intoxication,
and could not give bonds for his future
good behavior.
Tailor Dyer usually has only one or two
prisoners to look after and at times there
are no occupants OF the little brick build
ing. So when he went away to Boston, he
gave himself no anxiety about his charges.
Register of Probate Frank W. Butler.
agreed 10 open the cell doors in tie norm
Ing, and lock up the prisoners at night.
giving them the freedom of the corridors
during the day. In the jailor's house were
Mr.. Dyer's mother, woman over seventy
years old, and Mrs. Lizzie N. Stoyell, who
was hired TO do the Louise work. and the
cooking for the prisoners. Between them
and the three men was the solid brick wall.
r. r. lSA, h,,na a
hole,'' and SO Mr.. Dyer went away thinking
his charges secure. So they might have been
had they been ordinary offenders but young
Mr.. Lake seems TO be a man of many re-
sources. First he set his companions in
misery at work making keys and from the
bale of tin pail and a piece of iron taken
from one of the prison beds, they made two
rude keys. These keys were found BY Mr..
Butler when on the afternoon of the 18th
inst. he went with Mr.. Goodwin. the
register of deeds. and several friends, to
visit the Jail. The keys were found but
there was no trace of he Jail birds. The
Gag doors were unlocked and the inmates
were missing. Then, of course. there was
great hustling. Telegraph messages were
sent in hot haste in all directions and Tailor
Dyer was summoned home from Boston.
These kilograms bore fruit. They turned
out the people in the small towns around
Pennington, and on Friday afternoon came
message from Constable Wyman of Cara
basset, asking description of the missing
men. Mr.. Wyman had detained two sus-
pioious strangers. He got the descriptions
by telephone and found that he had
arrested Sweeney and Landre. But the
keepers left in charge of those young men