The Florence tribune., 1897-06-19
cHAcoN HAS FLED.
Saws and Digs out of Jail Wednesday
 Night.
Prom the Graham countr null..,a,

From the Graham County Bulletin.l
 Early yesterday morning when a jail trnsty entered the sheriff's office to sweep he noticed hole through the partition wall next to the iail large enough to throw dog through. He at once notified Jailor George burkner and an examination showed that Augustin chacon, who was to have been hung next Friday for the murder of Pablo salcido at Morenci in loso, had made his escape.
 The wall through which Chacon made bis escape consists Of ten inches aaobe, lined on the inside with dou-
 aser of two inch piue boards, spikea together with five inch spikes. Some kind of small saw had been used to get through the boards when the adobe was easy work.
 Jailors Joe Reaves and George Burkner had charge of the jail and its contents at the time. Mr. Reaves was sleeping in the empty cell at the west end of the jail and Mir. Burkner was sleeping in the little office op- posite the cell occupied by Chacon. In cutting the hole considerable noise must have been made; 8 board two inches thick and twelve inches wide and IS inches long was first sawed from the wall. The board was prised out, pulling the large spikes with it, and necessarily would make consider able noise. The next layer of boards ran up and down the wall and they were similarly removed.
 Some of Chacon's friends must have slipped him small saw and a short iron bar, but who it was is only a matter of conjecture. The jail had not been examined for some time and in Chacon's bed was found long three cornered file.
 This escape, like all prevzous ones from the jail, was possible only be- cause no guard was on duty. The jail is notoriously unsafe, and any prisoner who is not watched can easily break out. For this reason the board of Supervisors provide ample guards to prevent escape. A dozen guards will not prevent men from breaking iail if thegaards are asleep, The only way to hold prisoners in the Graham County jail, So long as il remains in it's present eeneftton5 fs by a constant patrol guard both day and night.
 Sheriff Bircbaeld was not in town Wedna dsH night. being at Pima on business, anu under-sheritf olney was at Geronimo looking after cattle assessments. Telegrams were sent to these officers yesterday morning when the escape was discovered.
 Sheriff Birchfeld will spare no ef- fort to capture Chacon, and as he was heavily ironed it may be that he is yet in hiding near by.
 It has been known ever since Cha con was convicted that he had friends who would render him any assistance in their power; last fall it was rumor- ed that his friends would make an attempt to rescue him from jail, and Chacon was removed to the Tucson jail for safety, where he remained un- til last month. This should have caused extra precautions to have been taken in garding him.
 The Bulletin regrets this occurrence, because the general expressed opinion is that sufficient vigilance was not exercised in guarding a man known to have friends ready and willing to aid him.
 MT. Bunker and ". T. Richards went out early yesterday morning to look for a trail of the fugitive.
 Sheriff Birchfeld returned to Solo monville about noon yesterday ane at once offered a reward of S200 fol the arrest of Chaeon, and securing ! horse started 10 examine the surround ing country for 5 trail. Mr. Birehheli deeply regrets this affair and has tele grs phed in every direction in an effor to effect the capture of chaeen, Chaeon vas visited by some iady rei atiyes oa Wednesday,, with whom h was allowed to converse for 8 con siderable time.
 District Attorney Jones received letter yesterday from Governor Frank lin in which it was stated that tn executive had made careful examina tion of the chacon case and had re fused to commute his sentence to lii imprisonment.
 According to the story told by twt Danish officers, Messrs. Oloufsen ant l phiIiDsen. who have just returned iron