The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-27

ness for when Mr.. Wyman went to he pIac e
where he had left his prisoners they had
again taken fight. Just how this second
escape was effected is not known.
Deputy Sheriff Walker of Somerset county
had better luck, and at Stratton, at a house
kept by ''Marm Cleaves," arrested the two
fugitives. He delivered them to Deputy
Sheriff Blake and Tailor Dyer at Kingfeld.
1t is not customary in that region to have
Jail birds flying through the woods, and SO
great was the curiosity that big crowd COL
lected to see the prisoners, so large indeed,
that the officers had hard work in making
their way through it.
Up to this time, it had been supposed that
tie escape had been effected By means of
the rude keys found by the open Jail doors,
but after looksmiths had tried in vain to
unlock the doors with these keys. it began
to be suspected that all was not known.
Finally after several days spent in solitary
confinement on adiet of bread and water,
Sweeney and Lahdre told to Mr.. Sylvester
a remarkable story. They said that Lake
had prompted the making of the keys.
When it was found that these would not IN
lock the doors, another plan was adopted
This was a scheme tu overpo yer Mr.. Butte
when he came to lock the cells for the night
take the keys and make lash for liberty
Lake was to jump on Butler; the others to
get the Keys. But on the night set for this
little adventure, Mr.. Butler was accom-
panied by friend and so it had to be post
poned.
Next third scheme was hit upon. This,
said The returned prisoners, was to bride
Mrs. Stoye1l to hand them the keys TO the
Jail door through the bread hole. They
allege that they offered her three dollars
for this service, and that Thursday after.
noon the keys came through the bread hole.
They say they could not see the person
handing in the keys, but they knew it was
a woman. First she handed in two keys or
a ring, but these we're not the right ones
and were banded back. Then keys appeared
parted. Lake has not been seen since
having made good his escape.
The men 8 story led to the arrest of Mrs.
Stoyell, and she was arraigned before Judg
Chandler Thursday. the case being con-
tinued until today, when Judge Chandler
found probable cause against the respond
emf, and placed her under $500 bonds to
await the action of the grand jury. County
Attorney Elmer Ii. hlenarQS appeared Tor
the people and Enoch W. Whitcomb was
counsel for Mrs. Stoyell. She denies the
charge and strenuously insists that the
story is a eabrications Landre and Sweeney
say that they first proposed the plan to Mrs.
Stoyell while she was washing the windows
of the jailor's house, in doing SO being
obliged to stand near the Jail windows,
Mrs. Stoyell says that the proposals they
made were ora very different kind. 1t is
understood that at the trial, it will be
shown in Mrs. StoyelPs behalf that other
persons could have gotten they keys. and
that there were indications that Lake IS
friends were taking a lively interest in his
welfare. 1t is significant that of the three
men he is only one who has not been re-
taken. Mrs. Stoyell is a woman of about
thirty, of pleasing appearance. She is the
wife of Hiram B. Stoyell, a member of a
family which was long prominent in Far
mington. The ruins of the old Stoyell
mansion, which vas destroyed by tie great
fire of 1885, are still to be seem. The opinion
here is that the men must have had help
from the outside to effect their escape.
Whether Mrs. Stoyell furnished it remains
to be seen.