The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16

finement here. The iailer forgot
to lock and bar q door properly in
his hurry to witness a fight going
on in the street: The prisoners,
by an ingenious contrivance,
worked a loop around the key and
succeeded in gaining possession
of it; they then liberated Lewis,
who had been locked in a separ-
ate cell. Lewis then took hand
and sprang the lock of the door
leading into the yard and finally
that of the gate opening into the
street and, with four criminals eff
fectedhis escape about twoo'clock
in the morning, undetected. His
hobbies became troublesome and
they stopped in pine thicket,
half q mile from the town, to re-
move them. While engaged with
an axe and cold chisel in the work,
suddenly the violent ringing of
bells burst on their ears. They
knew that their escape had been
discovered and the citizens were
being aroused to go in pursuit.
Lewis states that he laughed
heartily at the thought of the dis
appointment and chagrin his es-
cape would cause the wise citizens
Of Chambersburg. The next day
he hid in a rye field and that night
made his way to the cave at Doub-
ling Gap.
There was one jail, however, out
of which he could not break and
one keeper whom he could not
trick. The Jail Twas mortality that
confined his body and the keeper
was death whom he could not
trick. He yielded his body to the
one, his life to the other and it
happened in this way.
Lewis, Connely and Mcguire, u
trio that had been associated to-
gether in many crime, had cap
tured wagon load of goods near
Bellefonte. The robbery was so
bold that the whole country be-
came excited and turned out to
run down the outlaws. The rob
bers succeeded for several days
in eluding their pursuers, but the
chase washot. 'Maguirewa can
tured, Lewis and Connolly took to
the hills.
The next afternoon, still fleeing
from theirpursuers, they came on
party shooting atmark. Proba-
bly, to quiet suspicion, they stop
ped and joinedin the sport. Sud
denly % pursuing party appeared
and recognizing Lewis and Con
nelly, called on them to surrender,
stating Jhat they would roceiJo
kind treatment. Connolly, who
was It desperate and vicious fell
low, ripped out an oath that be-
fore he would surrender he would
blow them all to the place next to
Hades and Immediately opened
fire. Theparty returned the fire.
Then Lewis joined in without tax
ing aim, in the hope of checking
the pursuers and making his es-
cape. At the next volley Lewis
right arm fell limp and helpless
at his side, by a bullet. Connolly
ran and was subsequently found
concealed in a tree top with q
wound through his groin. They
were taken down the river in a
canoe and on Sunday, the 3rd of
July, landed near the Big Island,
in Lycoming county. Here they
wereattended by threephysicians
and minister. The physicians
could not save Connelly's life and
the minister failed TO interest him
in the subject Of saving his soul
and that night he died in gloomy
sullenness. Lewis was tenderly
removed to the jail at Bellefonte,
as soon as his wound permitted.
He would not allow his arm to be
amputated and preferred to die
rather than live without it. Can
creme set in and he died on the
18th of July, 1929, having finished
his confession the day before.
So lived and died Lewis the
RObber.
Tom-If you had the choice of
kissing a pretty girl on the right