The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-07-25

Three Prisoners Bid Fare
W6II to Jail W6dn6S-
ddy Night.
Remove a Window and Saw
off the ShdCkl6 OF the
Paddock.

Three prisoners broke out of the
Redwood county Jail some time be-
tween nine o'clock Wednesday even
ing and three clock Thursday morn
ing. The Jail breakers included all
of the occupants of the institution,
who have been held to await the
action of the grand jury as follows:
Albert Kightlinger, held for the
burglary and robbery Of VIM. Black
moore's saloon in Vesta. He is 26
years old, is five feet, eight inches tall,
has brown hair, gray eyes and fair
complexion, short side-burns, slightly
reddish mustache, and wore a grayish
suit of clothes, thin low shoes. He is
plasterer by trade.
Fred. Wenholz, held as an accom-
plice of Kightlinger in the burglary
and robbery of Blackmoor's saloon.
He is 80 years old, is five feet, eight in
ches tall, has light hair, blue eyes, is
light complexioned. Wenholz is
deaf and dumb mute and is carpen-
ter by trade, and when he left he wore
blue overalls. and coat and vest bad
ly worn.
Sidney E. Daily, Renyille county
prisoner and notorious pickpocket, ar
rested at Olivia on the day that Coll
mar Bros circus showed there for
picking the pockets Of one of the visit
ors Of that day. He is 80 years old, is
five feet, seven inches high, has brown
hair, gray eyes, is of dark complexion,
has short, dark mustache. and wore a
good suit of blue serge. the coat being
of the sack variety. He wore brown
Fedora hat and russet tan shoes.
The work Of cementing and re-
pairing the first floor of the Jail was
commenced on July 18th, at which
time all Of the prisoners were moved
to the cells up stairs. There were
three cells directly over those on
the first floor, and two cells erected
for women on the north of the en-
trance of the three. There were
four prisoners in the Jail at the
time. One of the number was
Fred. Begler, who was sent up
for 30 days for the larceny Of coat.
He was given one of the female cells.
The other three prisoners were as
signed TO the cells in the main por-
tion OF the second floor of the Jail.
A heavy iron door separated them
from the corridor leading in front
of the female cells and to the head
of the stairs.
E. P. Byram is jailor of the insti-
tuition. He is positive that he
locked all three prisoners, as we'll
Begler, in their respective cells on
Wednesday evening. The door to
each cell, as we'll as all of the front,
is Of heavy and solid iron, making
it impossible for prisoners to reach
the lock from the inside. While the
keys were allowed to remain in the
three doors leading to the three
cells it was impossible for the pris-
oners in the cells to reach either
them or the lock.
The prisoners must have been out
of their cells by ten o'clock, ludg-
ing from the work done. They
moved around to the south side of
the Jail, back of the cells. where the
fire escape window is located. Here
they removed the window stops
from the lower window, opened the
window weight box, cut off the
weight, and then removed the win
dow and outside screen. This work
done they let down the upper win-
dow and thus gained access to the
iron grating, which has FIRE es-5
cape opening about Is to 30 inches
ln size. This opening was fastened
by huge Yale paddock The jail
breakers secured diamond iron
saw in some manner, and with this
saw they proceeded to cut one side
OF the shackle of the lock. The Job
was perfect, Judging from the sight