Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-05
GRAND JAIL DELIVERY.
THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM
JAIL FRIDAY NIGHT.
TWO BARS or A REAR WINDOW SAW
ED OFF WHILE THE suERIrv WAS
AWAY -rAMLIN, BURT AND FIERCE
TUE MEN.

As II South Paris had not had enough
exciting events for the past week, three
prisoners sawed of some bars and es-
capped from the county jail Friday even
ing.
Sheriff Tucker had been away on the
search for Cannon, and returned home
considerably after the usual supper
time. The prisoners In the jail had been
given their supper ut about the usual
time, and were not locked 10 their cells,
but had the freedom Of the corridors.
About 8 O'Clock, soon after Mr.. fuckers
return, IN alarm was given by some OF
the prisoners, and on investigation It
was found that three Of the prisoners,
Fremont II. Tamlin, John Charles Pierce
and Fred Burt, had escaped through .
rear window.
The other prisoners profess that they
knew nothing OF the men escaping until
after they had gone, but this 10 regarded
a. an improbable story, and Il ID thought
that the escaped men were 9iven an
hours time, more or lcss, before the
alarm was given. 1t WAS raining, and
the night was very dark. The escaped
men were In their prison suits, bat left
their jackets behind.
The window through which the men
escaped Is grated with IN ordinary Ill
window gratlng-l Is inch perpendicu-
lar round steel bars, about Inches
apart, running through several square
steel cross bars. Two OF these per.
peudicular steel bars had been sawed on
close to the two lower cross bars. At
the upper end the bars had been sawed
into, first from one side and then from
the other, and cut clean Oh. At the
lower end the saving Was done at about
the same angle - the window sill, and
the saw Was not carried quite TO the mid
die OF the bar either way, but the little
metal remaining had been broken on
The opening thus made WAS 5-s inches
wide, and Is inches high, with the stubs
of the cut bars projecting slightly Into
the space GNove and below. Rather
small hole to crawl through, but II
seemed to be sufficient.
The saving was clean and fresh, and
was done with no amateur tool, but ons
that was adapted TO the purpose. Sheriff
Tucker had kept the window grstingi
carefully Inspected, and be thinks th<
saving was all done Immediately before
the men escaped, and that help was fur
nished from outside. As Il was raining
ut the time, tracks Of the men, II they
had left any, would have been quickly
covered.
Fremont H. Tamlin is y years Of age
Q feet tall, weighs about $50, Ii very
dark complexioned, with black hair. HI
has q bulge on his left jaw, which u
quite prominent, % much 90 that be hal
sometimes gone by the nickname o
Lobsterjaw. He was waiting the CRANE
jury on the charge Of breaking into Err
Stephens store at Brysnt's Pond.
Fred Burt IL - years OF age. below
medium height, weighs about 100, ANT
IL light complexi0ned. He Was await
ing the grand jury on the charge OF ~
sault and battery upon Blanche Hasset
at Norway-what Is known 40 ID
"chloroform case"
John Charles Pierce, Of several aliases
Il AZ years Of age, s feet 8 inches tall
weighs about 170, and 10 Of medium com
plexion, with wavy brown hair. n
was serving q sentence for larceny Of
watch, and had but short time longe
to stay. This 10 his second escape. h
ssskipped" while at work on the ground
about the court house, during the las
week In Nay, and WAS recaptured ]
South Woodstock few weeks later.
BURT RETURNS.
: Sunday evening Burt showed up at
. Hooper Jackson's, ct Jackson's Crosi
} ing, about five miles north Of S0ut
Paris, and wanted TO give somebody tw
dollars to bring him back TO jill. NJ
. body there wanted TO make the trip th.
night, and they referred him TO w. I
: Gates, the next neighbor. He went Their
bat Gates did not want to 60 that nigh
However, Gates told him be might slee
I In the barn that night, and in tho NOR
! ing he would bring him down. He d.
; so, and Burt gave himself up and
1 once moro isside the Jail.
Burt told Gates that be wanted to 8
e away from the other men be was In cor
lpsny with. He said be Was bad enoul
1 himself, but Tsmlin Was good de
q worse.
.l Reports have come In Of the other ~
. having been seen. Their trail ID hot, u
i, It Il thought they viii coon b broug'
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