Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-06

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nr, rvERY.-Michael Thorn
! JAIL 10" alias Buck" Taylor, Jas.
# $ William o. Tattoo Jim," James Sui
"a 5yel'o9i' P ,. Martin, Jail birds, es.
"a ,r,a ' ila,o dnrauce vile last night, end
sYei iIou Of large. Thomas was held
u row ,r ~ assault on his wife,
81 b, nyA .,5 TAYLOR for breaking open
SILVA. !.sis6t house Of the washington
tbs iieisDRi Railway, Loveland for alb.
;sr'as'a and Martin for robbing car of
boz o. nm. irg between twelve and one
:olie -, a. night the neighborhood of
q o';'Cs . a. between Gibbon and Frank
4 TX ;a'. .isrlIed by cries of murder"
g, ~ Wal smanated from the residence Of
E;laT T-p wife, and number of
AI's i;rbbors ran to the houseto as,
IL l'' ,ba case Some who responded
e',a-a 81, sisrIn saw figure rapidly re-
q lls IN q southerly direction which
pa" -1Hsnt developments proved to
! s'-e 10 the woman's husband. Mrs.
s,e mon coming to the window,
la., .a5 ,ba; her husband had been to
''''t soa.e and she, dreading to meet
7. - had given the alarm. 1t seems
.1' r ,i She was in bed there was q
~ -.y S at the door and girl named
I 1'2.s Davis. who lived with her, rails
D = : window in order to ascertain who
- ., lila could be at that hour, and to
I =. . .l-Drise found it was Thomas. His
y 70 l,;ar appeared at the window and
' ~. Cd. into conversation with him.
r. S.', made all sorts of assertions that he
az a' M intention of harming her, but
~ having her misgivings, gave the
;g,m which was strengthened by the
' ,,s of the little girl. Word was
;;-m r sent to the station house,
IN, OF course, before officers
s W., arrive on the scene Thorn
:: had made good his escape.
n. fact that the would-be murderer
r,.at large caused no little excite
r.nt in the neighborhood, some of the
finale neighbo-s regarding him as a
land sud calculated to run amuck.
Hog he got out of Jail was a perplexing
r1e:ion, and some doubted the evi
is6ce ofthe woman and the girl, be-
'syinp them to have been mistaken.
;one Of the neighbors who had run out
,ftheir houses had guns and pistols in
heir hands. A gentleman living in the
sighbothOod, who was the first to
zach the scene, after others had col
scted, left them in charge and pro-
seded to the station house and report
1.-The matter to Lieut.. Smith. The latter
ent into the street and blew his
histle, which was answered by Officers
etis, HOwson and knight. He
mt the frst-named officer to Mrs.
homas's house and the others to the
il to see if Thomas really had escap-
|, and upon arriving they knocked
ID Mr.. Timothy Hayes, the night
lard, came to the window. The Of
ers asked him if Thomas was within,
ben Mr.. Hayes replied Indignantly
at ne was and asleep, and
dei What do you take us for ?"
however, by Mr.. Hayes
s morning showed that Thomas
S not within, nor were the four
lers who had been in the room with
n, they having, it is averred, cut their
y through the roof and made their
ape. The officers say Mr.. Hayes
not invite them in, but
med rather brusque at being awak-
d. The five men were in the
theastern upper room. About twen-
three years ago some desperadoes
0 were confined there cut q hole
,e enough for a mans body to pass
ough in the ceiling in the southeast
part of the room. The attempt to
ape had been detected by Mr.. Bern
Cline, who was then one of the turn
:, and a piece of board had been
,ed over the aperture. The men
0 last night made their escape had,
claimed, discovered this place in
ceiling. They had evidently gone
Ough it to the rafters from time to
e and had succeeded in making
E through the sheathing of the roof.
It night several pieces of slate were
loyed and they gained access to the
l. They crawled up to the cone in
direction, then proceeded
,terly to a chimney around which
Y felt their way, and descending in
northerly direction they reached
roof of the cook shop adj
ling the residence portion of the
on the north. 1t was On easy mat
then TO jump into the yard and
erge from the gate on st. Asaph
eet. A lady living near by is said to
'e seen the men descending from the
#, but for some reason she failed to
e an alarm. Lawrence Bright was
The room with She five men, but why
didn't leave is not clear.
thomas, it is believed, has gone to-
I'd the south, probably with an in
ton of reaching Newport News or
riolk, from either of which points he
make his way by water to his for
r home in New Jersey.
\ few minutes after the excitement
ich followed Mrs. Thomas's cries,
Seyer, batteau with a man in it
seen to leave the cove north OF the
pyard and proceed toward the Mary
d shore. The man who saw the
1t was on q sand scow which was an
'red in the cove. Some think
omas made his escape in this man
p TO 4 o'clock this evening none of
escaped prisoners had been recap
ed. Some OF the houses in the
gnborhood were searched on the
position that Thomas was concealed
them, which gave rise to some ex-
ement and much indignation. Mrs.