Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-02
BROKE OUT OF JAIL.
Two COnYlGtS Escape from the City
Ba,tlls.
THEY ARE YOUNG BUT TOUGH.
Sawed Yale Paddock and Thus Took
Their LeavC-Ihe Police iu
Hot Pursuit.

Again the insecurity of the city jail!
as place Of safe keeping for crooks
and criminals has been d em onstraied.
This time two birds have flown, where
TO no one knows, other than that they
appear 10 have made good their
escape, and that through tho instru-
mentality OF email whale.bone like
saw, coupled with about three hours'
syitomAtic and observation-disclosures
work.
The bresk-away occurred during the
silent wstches OF the night, at "a time
when all good people are supposed to be
| sleeping the sleep OF the jue,. it wss
q cool, premeiitatsd, weil.plsuned act,
and rs the prisoners expreesei 1t while
doing the Job, the working OF the saw
was like churning butter in the winter
time.
The modus operandi reeorted to In
| making an exit was that expressed In
the old, Old etory 30 often told in tn
history OF Salt Lakes Jail, nut 70 sadly
| neglected In the way OF impeding the
| progress 81 such WORK.
They had saw,
Winch had sharp teeth,
| The eRw they worked,
gil 1t brought relief.
The jail, as All well informed people
| are no doubt aware, Ia made up of
| several apartments or cells. Dividing
these "sells" 10 a grated iron door,
which Is usually made oil the more
secure by the ADDITION OF Yale pad
lock. Tho latter, however, was no
barrier to the wheels OF progress In
this inHtsnce, rs the prisoners applied
the saw thereto and rent il IN twain,
thus rendering the door movable at
| pleasure.
| Once out OF the cell the prisoners
found themselves in the main entrance
| OF the municipal eye.sore, ready to
| make AN sttaca on another door which
led into the dining room OF the hotel
dc KimOall. TINS door they opened by
| prying of the lock thereof with q
niece OF iron from the jail oedsteads
When they got into the dining room
they had no further trouble, but simply
unlocked another door and Tres they
were.
They stole away like thieves in the
night, and up to the present writ
ing have kept out OF reach Of the lynx
eyed vigila OF the law.
The names Of the men who thus took
advantage OF the city's inability to
properly haudle real, genuine
criminals, are Sam Phillips and
Harry Lyons, aged respectively %
and 20 years. These men belong 10
the uummy-stripping fraternity AMI
were each doing time for petit larceny.
A singular coincidence IA that they
were both arrested by officer Dick
Shannon, Phillips GU February 24tn
and Lyons on the 8rd OF the same
month. The formers offeuse was that
OF stealing clothes from local mercau-
tils houses, while the latleI's consisted
of the theft of Postm aster Barratt's
overcOat, from his private office in the
Dooly building. Phillips was fiued
$40 and given fifty days in jail, or sn
equivalent to eighty dsys imprisou-
ment, while Lyons was ordered jailed
Tor 10 days.
The escaped conviots are being
hunted for high ana low by the
Ulcers OF the law. Phillips is des.
ctibed as being about five feet, nine
inches tall, weighs about 1850 pounds,
is Of sandy complt xion, anu when last
seen wore nght blue square
cut coat, gray pants and brown
derby hat. His lips are said to be very
thin ami he twists them In such u
shape SO to give u somewhat WHY APP
pearsnco to his face. He someone's
sports a polka.dot handkerchief about
his neck.
Lyons 10 about five feet seven inchss
tall and weighs about 1856 pounds. He
Ia OF dark complexion anu smooth
shaven. When in jail he wore gray
suit Of clothes and a soft hat. His ey es
are rather large and OF light blue
color.
The officers term the rupIways az
"pretty smooth guys" anu men who
can rob person while in ordinary
conversation. To their fellow prls-
OneIs they designated the job OF gel-
ting out as "a dead soft snap" and
apparently It was. Tor 1t DIDN'T take
them long to gain their freedom.
A man named Robinson was i'm
prisoned with tie two ruDaways, but
ls his time has neary expired he
refused TO go with them. Where they
got the ssw from is mystery 10 tho
officers, but their getting away ia no
mystery, as such thing 10 daily
expected al the old Jail.