Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-10
THE NEWS OF NEW CASTLE.

phtieTyi escaped from tho jail yard
yesterday. Later he was captured by
Acting Chief Warden William Paris.
standing in ditch, in water and mud
up to his neck.
The warden during the chase fired
three shots, which told the negro that
1T would be wise to stop. Two shots
went through his hat and one through
his trousers, cutting the flesh from his
leg.
The return of the prisoner was some
what ludicrous. He drirped water from
his shoulders to his feet. The warden
is about feet inches in height,
weighing about $50 pounds, whilo the
negro is over feet and weighs 200
pounds. Tho contrast in size seemed
comical. The prisoner was surly, but
the warden held the revolver pointed
toward him whenever he looked around.
Harris was locked up in cell No. 10.
New Castle, Aug. 8. -Charles Col
Inns, oolored, employed on farm near
Bear Station, while ploughing in o
field became very ill. He unhitched
the horse and mounting it rode rapidly
for the house. AT the opposite side of
the field the bars were up and the horse
made a sudden stop, which threw the
negro violently against the fence. where
he was afterward found in an uncon-
scious condition.
James Mannion, Alfred Duff and
Leander Williamson, who were sem
fenced to thirty days in the county Jail
on the charge of vagrancy, were brought
here yesterday morning by Constable
William G. Pierson. The committing
magistrate was Albert 4. Williamson
of Mill Creek hundred
A handsome 8 year odd colt owned by
Frank Moore died on Thursday of
collie. 1t was valued at $500.
An interesting series of races took
place on Thursday at the Hare's Corner
tracks. About 800 persons were present.
The 2.20 race was won by horse
owned by G. Chambers Of Stanton /;
time 2.21, 2. Is. The second race was
won by George Johnscn's Cecil, and
the third race by Ledyard, owned by
James Brown of Stanton. The run
ming race was won by horse owned
by Thomas Pagan of Wilmington.
A directory of this city will be pub
lished in September. The work of
gathering the names will begin next
week. This will be the first New
Castle directory ever issued.
II. II. Watts went to Delaware City,
yesterday, to look after his horse, which
was nearly driven to death by man
from Wilmington who had hired the
animal on Thursday. The horse will
not die. This is due to the prompt
action of Mr.. Roberts of Delaware
City. who saw the animal driven recK-
lessly and at once stopped the driver
and took charge of the team.
Mrs. Sarah Meyers, aged II years,
grandmother of Mrs. Joseph Bacon, who
was stricken with paralysis several
days ago, was again taken i'll yesterday
and there are no hopes of her recovery.
New Castle, Aug. John Dough-
erty, who escaped few months ago
from New Castle Jail, where he was
serving life sentence on the charge of
numbering Joseph Ericsson, in Will
mington, and who was recaptured in
Harrisburg, Pa, was returned to the
Jail on Saturday night by Detective
Witsil.
According to Dougherty, on the day
he escaped a friend struggled a revolver
to him in coffee box. At o'clock in
the evening as William Dutton's wife
was leaving the Jail he rushed out past
her and shot twice at Warden Gould,
but neither shot took effect. Mitchell,
another prisoner, tried to escape, but
did not succeed. He did not reach the
gate until it had been locked.
Concerning his wanderings Dough-
erty said very little other than that he
had visited New York, all the principal
cities of Pennsylvania and had gone as
far west as Chicago. He was in this
city in February, but understood the
police were yet on the hunt for him
and he left at once. Dougherty is con-
fined in cell No. 2, near the warden's
office. His companions are Robert
Brown and Thomas Devine.
At the Jail yesterday DR.. F. Merton
Munson performed two operations on
convicts. The first was on Henry
Irons, who is serving a three-years'
sentence. The operation was success
full. The other operation was on John
Green, serving a six months sentence.
His trouble was an ingrowing nail on
the right foot, which Green had at
tempted to doctor himself, but which
he had poisoned. The assistant at the
work was Lee Munson, a brother, who
is student and is now spending his
vacation at the home of his parents,
the Rev. and Mrs. f. M. Munson.
The New Castle baseball team was
defeated at Battery Park, on Saturday
afternoon, by the strong Penn City
club of Philadelphia, by a score of to
A. The game was lost in the third and
fourth innings by the weakening of
Pitcher Bridgewater, who gave three
men their bases ON balls and allowed
three hits made off him. 1t was un-
fortunate that he remained in the box
as long as he did, as his condition did
not warrant it. He had injured his
back on Monday last, but pitched great
ball in the first two innings, striking
OUT five mon out of six and assisting
in putting out the other man. Leach
was placed in the box in the latter
part OF the fourth inning. He made
great record, allowing 16 men at bat
and striking out nine men in the five
innings. John Vantine, son of George
w. Vantine, of this city, who is now n
resident Of the Quaker city, received a
great ovation from his friends. He
made several good catches during the
game. Score by innings:
Penn City......0 0 0 0 0 0 0-5
New Castle.....2 2 0 o 0 0 o.
Struck out by Mclaughlin or Kilroy,
6; by Bridgewater, 5; by Leach, o;
home run, Wilhelme; two base hits,
Bacon and Bridgewater three base
hits, Countiss, Leach, W. Herald;
hit by pitcher, Vantine; left on bases,
Penn City, G.; New Castle, A. stolen
bases, Vantine, Schuck, Beecher; UNI
pires, Shearer and Madden; time, l. 40.
Yesterday afternoon the team of
Jacob Williams, who lives near Red
ion RIM auau Mr Williams uas