The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-17
JAILOR TELLS
OF ESCAPE
OF TEMPLE
Sol Did Great Deal Of Swear
ing on Leaving.
WOULD KILL ROBINSON
Said He'd Like TO Meet Sheriff
Butts for Minute.
TOOK ROBINS WITH HIM
Forced Fellow Prisoner at
Point of Gun TO Go.
TOOK ROBINS WITH HIM

Pond Creek. o. T, Oct. 1s.-soI Temple
has not been recaDtured yet. Sheriff
Butts ard MS deputies are securing the
country for him. but it Is thought that
he is far away from Pond Creek by this
time. Jailor Hatfield, in telling the story
Of the escape today. said:
Il was sitting in the Office reading.
about o'clock in the afternoon. Robins
came to the corridor door and said that
Temple desired me to empty a bucket
for him. L went in and unlocked his cell
door allowing him to come into the sec
ond corridor. AT this time Sol stated
that he wanted to sweep out his cell and
asked me to procure a broom for aim. As
/ turned to go back into the Office 1 was
suddenly ordered to throw up my hands
Turning around I observed that Temple
held a revolver pointed at me, about
twelve inches from my head. I stepped
quickly TO one side and hid as much as
I could behind the lever box. Temple
again ordered me 10 throw Up my hands.
adding that unless compiled that he
would shoot. Up went my hands. Sol
then told Robins, who was in the outside
corridor with me. to unlock the door
leading TO the second corridor. Robins
did 50 and Temple then marched me into
the rear cell and searched me for Ere
ouns ] had no gun on me at the time.
About this time Juo. Collar came in the
front door and was soon keeping me
company at the earnest solicitation of
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guns and ordered Robins to get his
clothes together. Robins said he did not
care to go. but Sol told him he must,
Dnd that settled e. Before leaving the
jail Temple said ne wished Sheriff Butts
would come up. as he had "a little diff
ference TO settle with him Tor having at
one time arrested Mrs. Temple lie also
stated that should he ever set eyes on
Under Sheriff Robinson, that official
would soon be a dead man. We gen
erslly kept Sol shackled, but lie had com
planned that the irons made his ankles
sore and every few days we would pass
Ia the key to him that he might be free
of the shaclCles during the day time. This
happened to be one of those days. Mrs.
Temple visited Sol Monday. but I am
positive that she did not pass him gun
at that time, although she may have
6ore so "a week or so ago. when she
brought him q package of laundry. which
was given 70 him without being minutely
examined. If there is any blame attached
10 anyone in the matter. / am willing TO
shoulder It, rs I think / did my duty as
best 1 could see il I norder to save my
life"
Jno. Collar. a farmer living west of
town, wEo went to the Jail TO see Sheriff
Bnutts or bushes sat the time Sol had
possession Of the Jail, says:
II stepped into the Office and as no one
was in sight. went towards the door lead
Ing to the corridor. Had made up my
1rind that no one was there and had
started to turn around and leave when
someone asked me what I wanted Look
ing around I observed Temple standing
in the door Of the room north Of the Of
flee with a gun in hand leVeled at me
J stated that I had called 10 see the
sheriff Sol replied that that was q d-m
poor lime % be looking for Butts and
ordered ne 10 so on back i'm the jail. He
locked me in with the j3ilor and about
fifteen minutes afterward Temple and
Robins LETT the Jail Robins did not want
10 go. Lut Sol finally induced MIN to
leave. Before they left. sol came back
ma toId us not to raise an alarm or he
would come back ana KIN Us. lie spent
good deal of time in cursiEg Sheriff
Butts ard Unudor-SheriG Robinson and
stated that he naa a revolver on aim for
"a month. Sol also said that when Sheriff