Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07
JAIL BIRDS ESCAPE
Hen Who Held Up the Milwaukee
Train at Bellevue Saw Out
Of Jail.
Bold and Successful Attempt at
Escape-one Prisoner Re.
fused to Go.
Quick Work Done by the Prisoners
Thought to Have Been
Aided.

-AAuuSAGslO nave Oo0A
Aided.
Dubuque. July frank Marshall,
Frank Hawthorne and Charles Cum.
ming, arrested by tho local police on
June is for robbing gang of Milwau-
kee bridge men on train between
Green Island and Bellevue, escaped
from the Maquoketa jail between 8 and
8 o'clock Wednesday evening and are
still at large. A posse secured the sur
rounding country for the Jail breakers,
but the latter left no train and the
search was abandoned.
Immediately after their escape was
discovered Sheriff Ryan, of Maquoketa.
wired the local police TO be on the look
out for the mer. Marshall. Haythorne
and Cunning We're transferred to the
Maquoketa jail about a week ago.
The prisoners effected thier escape
by saving an iron bar off the window.
The bar was sawed in two and removed
from the window and another bar was
bent in the middle. There was only one
other prisoner in the Jail at the time the
men began their work of escape. He
was commanded TO enter cage in the
corridor of the jail and remain there
until the men effected their escape. ..1f
you make an cutlery We'll kill. shouted
one of the Jail breakers as he closed the
door OF the cage. The frightened pris-
oner obeyed the command and nervous
~ watched the men saw a thick iron
bar in the window and make their CO.
cape. Five other prisoners had been
in the jail during the day. but they We're
liberated during the evening. The sher-
I if and aJilor Brady We're out hunting.
the men We're practically alone in the
lcorridor of the Jail, and their opportu-
nifty to break Jail and escape imprison-
iment in the penitentiary was at hand
They mus, work quickly and make no
noise. The lone prisoner in the jail.
who Vas doing time for larceny. was
the only obstacle iii their way. "A large
lircn cage at the south end of the corri-
| dor was without an occupant and the
desperate men thought this the best
isplace 10 put the prisoner who refused
TO escape With them. With the prisoner
safely nestled liz the cage, the loud re-
lsport OF firing cannon without. and aided
| BY the mantle Of darkness. the Jail
/ BREAKERS brought forth small saws and
proceeded TO saw their way to freedom.
| They sawed an iron bar in the window
lin less than fifteen minutes and then
! they found they must loosen another
/ before they could get out. Instead OF
saving another bar they bent 1t at the
bottom and in the middle and were free
4 to gain their liberty. They took the saws
with them and perhaps threw then
lawaS when they gained the street. Theil
i escape was not discovered until
! o'clock When Jailor Brady entered tn,
5lcorridor 10 lock the prisoners up FOL
the night. His eyes fell upon the opel
..window the Jail breakers had beer
4 working at and he readily discovered
4 the reason for the prisoners absence
THE prisoner who had been commando
foreman in the cage and make no out
4 cry walked up toetle jailor as the latte
A entered the corridor and told him tn.
astory9 of the escape. Only one bar re
mained in the window and the broker
bar was jound outside the Jail.
4 The jailor spread the news Of the es
cape about the town and a large poss
was organized and started in pursui
of the Jail breakers. The ja;lor was q
1.-the opinion that the men headed 70
Delmar. village six miles east Of Ma
qupketa AT D-lmar the jailor believe
that the Jail breakers would take
train Cor the cast. AS the men wer
arrested in Dubuque the day after the
robbed the Milwaukee bridge men
was nat expected that they would com
tothis city.
Along the dark. dusty country road
of Maauoketa the posse searched II
1.-The jail breakers for hours. but with
out results. The jail breakers keI
away from the railroad tracks an
found refuge in groves whenever poss
bic. The town marshal of Delmar Of
eanized a posse and awaited the arrlv;
of the jail breakers from Maquoket
bu, they failed 10 snow IN
During their Incarceration in II
Maquoketa Jail no visitors had callt
TO see the prisoners and the AIaquokel
authorities are of the opinion TIL;
friends of the prisoners passed Il
saws to the men thru the open windo
Z in the jail. The jail is a one-stol
. structure and as there is no yard
: fence around II. It would be very cas-
e to pass small cannon thru the >wil
/. dow without being observed. Dubuq,
friends Of the prisoners probably vi
derstood ho.y easy ii was to pass an.
!. thing thru the windows OF the Jail al
made lightning trip to Maquoke
and supplied the men with saws.
During their confinement in the Nj
quoketa Jail the men were allowed Il
= liberty of the corridor and probab
planned the escape the day they a
rived at the jail. AS the sheriff al
jailor were not at home on Wednesd:
: evening the men easily made their e
j: cape without being observed. The mi
were indicted this week.
j. Gates Speaks ut 6 oldfeld.
4 Goldfeld, July president Gates.
!, Grinne!l, spoke here July 4th to crov
n of 5000 or 1000 people. The audien
II was made up largely OF thinking m,
and women from all parts Of the coul
/. ty.
Mr. Gates spoke in his usual forcib
manner and his address called for
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