Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-22
ESCAPED FROM
THE CITY JAIL.
Joseph Miller Walks Out Escorted
by Thirty Students.
WAS SERVING 100 DAYS.
Lcn Twenty -fvc poiisr. nehtad Him
Go Pay for hts Hoard mi
Daring residence.

Tailor Kimbaii IA mourning tho loss
- prisoner.
n Is not often that one Of the un-
willing guests 81 the city takes leave
OF his companions and yanishca with
out going through the Formally OF bid
ding goodbye 10 the Tailor or going
Into the ONCE and gathering up his cf-
fccts. but once In awhile they do and
Jailor ISimbail docs not like Il little
bit.
Taken nh In all II n seven days
wonder that moro Of them do not skip
from that rlckety old pile 81 masonry.
which II dlgnlncd by the name Of the
city jail.
Prisoners have sawed through the
bars. taken the sewer route. the soup
hole cxit. the ariel descent from the
roof and through the fioor hut II r.
nnined for Joseph Miller. who was
serving 100 days for stealing tl5 out of
n room at tho Grand Pacinc hotel, ~
Walk out OF tho jail beneath the very
nors OF the Tailor.
AZ consequence young men ana
mnidenr In search ~ know ledge, who
constitute thc-tiNil government class ~
The University OF Utah. are hcncefofth
dcbaffcd frrm visiting the sacred pre-
cincts Of the city jail. BEING excluded
from attending the sessions of the po-
lice court by Judge Timmony and visit
Ing the jail by the asErieved Tailor.
thcy must now turn their innatinhlc
desire for knowledge into other chan
neis.
Despite the fac, that everyone around
police headquarters Processes child
like Innocence regarding the escape the
facts have leaked out,
Jorcph Miller. II viii be- remembered.
was arrested on October hv Onircr
gillespie for appropriating q purse con-
tnlnins SO, the property Of u bar tender
roomlng AT tho Grand Pacific hotel. he
was found guilty of the ofrcnHr through
the testimony Of conference visitor
from Idaho. ana was sentenced by
Judge Timmony four DAYS later to 100
days In JAIL. Since he has been In IAN
ne has behaved himself 10 we'll that
the Tailor made him truaty In the
dining room. where he handel out tho
soup and cut w the loavrs under The
eye OF Patrick o'CDnncr the man who
regards an Italians ng being bad
American citixvnt
Last Wednesday. Just n week
ngo today. the civil government class
aforesaid, showed up at police head
quarters thirty strong. and expressed
their desire TO be- taken behind the
scenes at the brown stone front roposi-
tory FOR chronic backallders. Sir. Kim
bill. who can newer say nay when fair
suppihnis for favoru hesecch him,
took the entire crowd. note books.
RiHHica and all. over ~ the Jail and pro-
ceeded Go put the animals through their
PAGES for their delevtntlon. While oN-
planning the Necessity Tor tho use u
two pounds " sufr Pop a week within
the cntomoligical museum. Miller. down
" the dining room, was doing quick
not ~.
and from his effects produced clean
collar, derby hat and other tony attire
he was wont 90 don when plying His
vocation ~ night clerk. h. awaited.
pencil ana paper In hand, the descent
OF the ciyll government class from up
stairs. When the students ~ both
reNea came down pc mingled with tho
Elddy thronR and entered into CONVEX
ration with blusirng young UNDER
graduate who was doing sum IN men.
tai arithmetic In which sixty meals nt
seven and "a hllf cents per prisoner wcre
tho prime factors
That's all l can show you said
Jnilor klmball. un1 tho class Hhnwrred
coplous thanks upon his devoted head
until he was overwhelmed: In tho mfnn.
time Miller, deep in conversation with
the fair student, MED past the barrud
portal and was free man. Miller had
s,o.E 10 his credit In the office hut ne
did not call In ana ooilcc, tho samc-he
simply made tracks for the oregon
Short Line depot and boarded the ncxt
freight for pnHiureH new. Ofilrrr Gil
iespic saw the young man across tho
street but he did not modest him.
When the officer nut In his appearance
at headquarters he mentioned the fact
then the fat was In tho nre. Those In
tho Know Hworc solemn secrecy, but
y leaked out nevertheless aud now
there Il q laugh at tho expense N the
TALLER. who when everything Il weighed
can hardly be blamed Tor the nnair. All
thinga taken into consideration, the
city IN woll rid of the fellow and In
ss3.i2 to the good over the episode.