The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-17
GEORGE rAYheR FREE.

l1c End Ills Brother Bill and Lee Cum
nIngham Break the jail at CarFoltons
MO.-The Two Latter Eeea Ftrrea Wine
Sliding Dr%k from the Roof on Rub
ber Hose-Grcat Excitemeat and Hot
Pursuit.
CARRoLLToN, Mo-, April 11---Bill eHd
George Taylor. murdercTs Of the Meeks
family, sentenced to hanged April aG
and lee Cunningham ths latter also
in jail for piEfder, made an attempt to
break Jail tonight. George succeeded
in getting away, but Bill Ts9l0f and
Cunninghara .-cse captured. Night
Wetcnman shelton was in the Jail at
s:2O, and everything was all right. lie
went out in the back yard, and was
talking to a friend, when he heard
noise at the opposite corner Of the
talh lie rushed round to that side,
reaching there just in time to catch
Cunningham as he slid da@n hose to
the ground.
Bill Taylor was half way down and
when he saw Cunningham was earSht
he cried to the night watchman that
he would give up and for him not to
shoot He then slid on down to the
ground into Shelton's arms. He told
Shelton that George was still on the
roof. shelton believed Him ind stoOd
there 10 Sateh him as he came down.
The alarm was given and Sheriff
Stanley came out, handcuffed the two
prisoners together and took them and
| locked them ia their cells A seareh
was made and it was discovered that
George was gone. Bill had evidently
told the watchman that George was
still upstairs in order I'd give him a
chance to get away.
An examination of the jail revealed
the fact that a bolt had been cut in the
back of one of the cells and a bar
knocked off. This gave the prisoners
hccess to the corridor. Next they went
upon top of the cage, into the garret,cui
through the scuttle onto the roof.
They took 5O-foot hose with them.
fastened it on top 6f the roof; int
| George Taylor must have been the
first to go down, as no opportunity
was given him to get down after the
watehman discovered their attempt t.
escape.
| As soon as it was found that Geofg'
was g6ne a pair of hounds was sc
cured, and they were put on the trail
They followed it to the gate but mad,
no progress beyond to amount to any
thing,
Young Leonard, of Norborne, ;
brother-in-law of one of the Taylors
had been here yesterday. After SUP
per he took a team from livery stabl
and drove cut of tewn. He may hav
stopped at the jail gate and takel
George in the buggy with him, bu
this is all conjecture. At any rate
telephone message from Norborne say
a team arrived there at ten o'elocE
THAT had been driven very hard, bu
. we can't learn that the driver wa
Leonard"
Parties are out looking for Georg
and kilograms have been sent in ever
[ direction. A telegram just receive
. from Browning says special tral
+, from there will reach here before dai
e light with large posse. Bxciteme1
is intense. The streets are still line
with people and all are anxious to 81
I, Taylor recaptured.
No Trace of George Taylor Discovered
Bim Taylor May be Lynched.
{ CARRoLroN, Mo-, April 12.-Thet
: have been no new developments t
t day regarding the escape of Geors
r Taylor, the condemned murderer
5 the Meeks family. BloodhOunds cou
t only trace him short distance fro
the jail. Large posses of men
securing the country, but his captu
is not expected. Fears are express
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