The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-05-27
Remarkable Resources of the Criminal
TO Hid a Steel Saw and How the
Sheriff Got il.


Sunday morning Sheriff Durbin cap
tursd one Of the gang who burglarized
several Salem ct )res Friday night, and
safely landed him in the county Jail,
with the necessary evidence to convict
him.
Mr.. Durbin had gone to the early
train 10 make an inspection for the men
who had just escaped from the county
Jail and as the train was pulling out he
made detour Of the bridges and hobo
shapties just south Of the depot. He
soon spied two hard looking customers,
one of the having only one arm. He
started TO follow them and soon discoy-
cred that they were in a hurry. He
aske ed them to halt, and on his second
call the one armed man did stop. The
officer then pursued the other man
thinking he would get them both.
He fired two shots and saw
bis man take a tumble over the
embanKment and pursued him
further and finally rounded him up in q
vacant shanty, where the man had swung
himself up onto the collar-beams near
the roof. When ordered to come down
he did 90, and reluctantly gave himself
up. He had not been hit by the bullets,
but heard one pass his ear. The one
armed man was let escape as he will be
easier to identify and capture in the fu-
ture.
The man gave his name as James
Mcdonald, and before entering the
cabin it was found that he had thrown
away a shower Of tools and stolen
articles. He was brought TO the county
jail, and later the articles taken from
him we're submitted TO Mr.. Eppley, Of
the Electric Store, TO Mr.. Ira +. Allen,
Of Allen & Bowersox, whose places had
been burglarized. Mr.. Eppley identified
some articles Of clothing, and Mr.. Allen
his pocket book and jack-knife. MELON.
aid also had a large screw driver, some
intricate keys, pair Of pinchers and a
Jimmy" made Of b'g harrowtooth. He
iss desperate OF the first water, as
Sheriff Durbin soon learned.
When making his afternoon Jail in
spection, the sheriff found where Nc
Donald had ,awed off both ends Of the
staple Of the heavy paddock on the south.
east corridor door, and he had also sawed
one Of the south window bars nearly off.
Upon making this discovery Sheriff
Durbin sized up the desperate character
Of his man, and proceeded to search him
a second time. lie made the prisoner
strip, throw up his arms, spread out his
legs aud sought In every manner possible
TO release any tool he might have con
cealed on his person. Nothing wa
found, until finally the officer with his
own hands separated the posterior
muscles Of the prisoners thighs and drew
from inside his body a delicate saw
, three inches long encssed in little TO.
bacco sack, Ii would mot have been
p discovered as ii was, had not one of the
Z pucksring strings projected a triAe.
The man Was then put into irons and
placed into another cell. Later he told
/, the sheriff that ii he would accommodate
him with a wire no would soon remove
the irons. He added:
"This Jail lie dead easy the bars are
soft as butter, and any hali.baked man
could get out without trouble"
The one-armed confederate Of Nc
Donald Was located at woodburn yester.
day, and will no doubt be taken in due
, time.
Roberts was given a preliminary ex.
amin alton before Justice O'Donald this
afternoon. Tie trial was set for > p. m.
Tuesday.