The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1900-04-28
Big JAIL
DELIVERY
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Is Narrowly Prevented BY q
Shake Down at The County
Jail Today.

The biggest zhake-down In the his
tory OF King county jail has been
going ON alt day. Startling dineov-
cries in the way of concealed impte-
msntn were made ana p.rhapn an
other attempted jail break on q
large scale was nippsd In the tud.
Al o'clock this morning Chief
Deputy Sheriff Tom Burke started
down stairs. taking with him n
force % deputies, consisting OF Tim
FINN, James Brewster. Frank Pyle.
oscar A. Wise. Harry rauley. Louis
l..xis.e, Mike Kelly and Mcleod.
John Collins and kid" Parker.
accused of tha robbery of the First
National Bank. were nrHt taken cut
81 the cell In the north tank which
they. IN company with W. W. Ryan.
occupied. and conducted to the jail
era offlco. where they we've stripped
and thoroughly examined, both
wore a look Of suilen defiance While
the searching process MAS giving on.
Netting of Importance VA. found
Deputy Ossts'a oiseossry.
on Parker. Tom Burke. hnvsyer.
found. scwed In the lining II COLI
llnss coat. a watch sprtng. q ribbon
OF steel onc-elEhth ~ an inch wide
ana about nine inches song. Near
one end the prisoner had ALREADY
begun the work of converting Il In.
10 u saw. and about ~ int hes we're
already toothed. a cisvFfly cen
strueted handle for this saw aa al
50 found on Collins. made cut Of
bits % wood.
Collins and Parker were lnar1eti-
atsIy conducted 90 an unused cell
IN the west wing and locked ~. The
- prisoners 81 the south tank wire
then marched out into the vest
wing and ksd in. Tho south talk
being emptied. the prisoners from
the north tank were brought into
the callers ONCE four at time.
searched and taken into the south
tank.
Gnsaieisg peissesss.
A small peuknife was found on
Steve fs,ts b. Jim Brewster. On
the person OF John Weed. the al
legged land swindier. was found big
roll az 500 bIils. aud when Tom
Burke counted u he found t10co In
yer. Although wood objected stren- :
uously thereto. this money vas TAX
en- away from him for safe keeping
end wiii b held sabtset 20 bis or
des.
Nor1ssrsn. N murd~rsr. -rne. hss
utues <stsne stsf> Tie his Teen
through the mill 10 often that it was
no novelty 20 him
The work OF examining he pris-
oners was done rnost thoroughly.
Even their hats and shoes we're
closely scruflnised.
when the ~ prisoners In the north
tank had been all examined, the
force OF deputie. went 10 work With
dark lanterns and hammers In the
cells % the north tank. All ~ thr
contents OF the cells were moved out
Into the corridor. the hunks taken
out, the pictures scraped OF the cell
walls and even the vcnttlatlng
rvo Saws Are Found.
shafts taken apart. The careful
work Of the deputies was rewarded
by another End IN the cell occupied
by Collins. Parker and Ryan. rep-
uty Pauisy unearthed two very fine
~ cut saws. made from watch
springs. each about four inches In
length. A common biack.handicd
tn BILE knife was also found with It's
edge converted into n respectable
saw.
with these little implements IL
would have been comparatively
easy matter 20 saw through the cell
after the chilled steel bars had been
softened. In fact the bars In the
south tank have been already sawed
~ times.
Another interesting ind was made
by Deputy Jim brewster. II con-
sisted of the wood sbavings from
the wooden pistol which Tom
Bianck made years ago and which
he SO effectively used on ex-Jaiier
Yerbcrry. Each days whittiiugs
Htanck had carefully done IN IN n
neatly-tied package. and ~ Of these
packages, representing i2 days
work, were found. The packages
were stuffed down the air chute by
Bianck and have remained there un-
al today.
This afternoon the further cyan
ination OF the north tank and ~ the
prisoners and cells Of the south tank
In going on.