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.
Lefi rwenty-flve Dollars Behind Him
TO Pay for His Board Bill
Daring Residence.

Tailor Kimball is mourning the loss
go prisoner.
II Is not often that one OF the un-
willing guests OF the city takes leave
OF his companions and yanlshes With
out going through the Formally OF bid
ding goodbye to the iaior or going
into the Office and gathering up his ef-
feets, but once In awhile they do and
Tailor Kimball docs not like It little
bit.
Taken an in all It Is a seven days
wonder that more Of them do not skip
from that rickety old pile Of masonry,
which is dlgniaed by the name of the
city jail.
Prisoners have sawed through the
bars, taken the sewer route, the soup
hole exit, the ariel descent from the
roof and through the floor, but II re-
mained for Joseph Miller who was
serving 100 days for stealing SO out OF
n room at the Grand Pacific hotel 70
walk out OF the Jail beneath the very
nose OF the Tailor.
AS consequence, young men anu
maidens In search OF knowledge. Who
constitute the-civll government class az
the University OF Utah, are henceforth
debarred from visiting the sacred pre-
clncts 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 aggrieved 1ailor
they must now turn their Unsuitable
desire for knowledge into other chan
nels.
Despite the fact that everyone around
police headquarters Processes child
like innocence regarding the escape the
facts have leaked out
Joseph Miller, 1t viii be remembered
was arrested on October by officer
Gillespie for appropriating purse con-
tanning s25, the property OF a bar tender
rooming at the Grand Pacific hotel. he
was found guilty OF the offense through
the testimony OF n conference visitor
from Idaho. ana was sentenced by
Judge Timmony four days later TO 100
days In jail. Since he has been In jail
he has behaved himself so we'll that
the Tailor made him a trusty In the
dining room, where ne handed cut the
soup and cut w The loaves under the
regards al Italians as being bad
American citizens
Last Wednesday, Just week
ago 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 repOsi-
tory FOR chronic baCksliders Mr. KIM
ball, who can never say nay when fair
suppliants for favors beseech him,
took the entire crowd, note books,
glggles and ALL over 20 the jail and pro-
ceeded 20 put the animals through their
PAGES for their delectaton- While eX-
planning the necessity for the use OF
two pounds Of Sure Pop week within
the chronological museum, Miller, down
In the dining room, was doing a quick
change act. He peeled his oyeralls
and from his effects produced a clean
collar, derby hat and other tony attire
he was wont % don when plying his
vocation az night clerk. he awaited
pencil and paper In hand, the descent
OF the civil government class from up
stairs When the students OF both
sexes came down, be mingled with the
giddy throng and entered into CONVEX
sation with a blushng young UNDER
graduate who was doing a sum I'm mem
tai arithmetic In which sixty meals at
seven and a half cents per prisoner were
the prime factors
That's all 1 can show you said
Tailor Klmball. and the class showered
coplous thanks upon his devoted head
until he was overwhelmed; In the mean
time Miller, deep IN conversation with
the fair student fled past the barred
portal and was o free man. Miller had
S25.72 TO his credit In the Office but ne
did not call In and collect the same-he
simply made tracks for the Oregon
Short Line depot and boarded the next
freight for pastures new. Officer Gil
lespie saw the young man across the
street but he aid not modest him.
When the officer put IN his appearance
al headquarters he mentioned the fact
then the fat was In the fire Those In
the know swore solemn secrecy. but
II leaked out nevertheless aud now
there Is a laugh at the expense OF the
jailer who when everything is weighed
can hardly be blamed for the affair. All
things taken into consideration. the
city II we'll ria ~ the fellow and Is
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