The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-02-02


night. Three of the six, owing 10 IT,,
energy Of sheriff zsiser aud Officer " I'LL
" sie y, lice force, are sgaiu back in tbei
warn, snug cslls, where they will here
after be vis ilautly watched and especial!
aarea for.
The prisoners have been given liberti1
st ich in an instit tion Of the hind anC
ztth desperate Criminals incarcer ted i
lnytting but favorable re0t cti upiI
stose having tse count 3 criminals IL
,shHrge. The prisoners we're turntd oveI
1D the tender solicitude If one Of th, ii
anm ber, burglar named Campbell, whC
was sent on from Massillon. Campbell
IL is said, did pretty much as he Pleased
With in TIE jail. He carried floi to the
uthsr prisoners, kept them supplied witt
Rsser, played cards with his chums and
Was supposed to carefully lock them In
aheir cells st night. How carefully he did
a was evidenced by the wholesale de-
K'ery Saturday night, when with his five
boOn compiI ions the Massillon burel,r
trpsty quietly slipped between sawed and
bent bars and with nothing else ia sight
70 steal, silently stole away.
When Sheriff User made his rounds
Sunday morr ing shortly after o'cln ck,
he nc ticed vacancy in six cells Further
hnyestig. ton revealed the method:
Adop ted by tie prisoners. A window on
THE south siie of the il was chcs1n. A
;ane steel saw came into play. TIE work
Fas probably done during the early hour:
T Saturday evening", for at that time the
men Wers more boistsrous than usual,
and il is supposed that while p rt Of the
lIippery six sawed away at the iran win
dow bars others made sufficient noise
10 prevent the sawi0g being heard. whcn
Sns tar was severed it was removed.
The bars on either side were bent back,
and midnight was awaited.
At the usual hour all repaired to t-eir
cells. The trusty made his rounds,
2OoL log some of tie cells. The tier con-
shining the six men was not licked.
Turnkey Doll, for some reason, did not
look after the work If his trusty. He
had oonhdsrog ia his assistant.
The widow was p epsred for the
escape. The prisoners did not know the
distance to the ground below, so they set
10 work to make a rope. The grand jury
Asd reported dirty blankets 10 Sheriff
Zsis RS Jail. They had also reported
poor yentil ,tion. There was now a hole
In the window big enough to 1t a man
out and plenty of air iu. The prisoners
cot cluded they were htlping the sheriff
along in fine style. The soiled blanket
were certsiulV strong enough TO hold a
good siz d man. Originally Of sufficiently
strong fiber, they had gained power aud
strength by long and continued vice,
IOoording to the, grand jury, and they
we're just the thing for smooth footpad
80 slide on. A rope was made of the con-
dem ned blankets which, when thrown
from the shattered window, was alone
loud enough to awaken the sheriff and
Attr ct the attention Of the police-but
il didn't.
When the silent hour of midnight ar.
rived the six bully prisoners crawlsd out
aG the window and lost them selves in the
night. The discovery Of their departure
nme in the morning. The following
prisoners had escaped
Frank Seller, in for burglary and sent
from Massilloo.
james Campbell, ths trusted trusty,
also indicted for burglary and hailing
from Massillon.
Charles Reed, indicted for burglarizing
she residence of Mrs Christ Scahuwecke
in East Tuscarawas street. this city.
James Sullivan, indicted for highway
robbery committed in this city few
months ago, when he assaulted and rob.
BED NJ. E. Swope.
W. II. Cumuins, also known as Mur,
ply, a dangerous crook injected for burg
Inriziug the West End Notion Store.
Ralph oarnahan, q Canton boy II
ysars Of age, charged with being i'm
plicated with Oummins In the West End
Job. Caranahn was one of the boys
sharged with assisting Cummins. HI
was not indicted but in a resolution by
NE grand jury IL was Fscommsnded thai
As.with the other boys should be sent Il