The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-19
FIVE CONNECTS
ARE AT LARGE.
Escaped From the Edwards Place in
Bolivar County.
TRUSTY JONES WASN'T TRUSTY
Had Warked Into the Good Graces of
The Officials and When Entrusted
With the Care Of Squad of Fellow
Prisoners Made Break For Liberty.

Jacksonville Secretary OF the
Board OF Control has been notified that
five men escaped from the Edwards
place. in Bolivar County, on the 10th
of this month. The men were all
negroes and were in charge of trusty
named Will Jones, who was sent up
from Warren county on March 10,
1897, for manslaughter, for fifteen
years. He had worked himself into
the good graces of the prison authori-
ties, andssSargeant G.. w. Mitchell sent
him off with the four men to pick peas
in an adjacent field belonging 10 him,
having obtained permission of the
prison authorities to have his peas
picked. Mitchell had perfect conf
dence in Jones, as he had been a
trusty for number of years, and felt
no hesitancy in sending him off with
the men. The following are those
who escaped with Jones: Roy Sher-
rord, age 16, sent up from Wayne
County in January, 1901, for five years
for arson. George Kelley, age %,
sent up from Pike county on March
IL, 1908, for arson, for five years.
Miles Lindsey, aged 80, s=nt up from
the Second District of Kinds county
on February 10, 1903, for manslaugh-
ter, for five years. Tom Bates, alias
Tom Collins, aged II, sent up from
Jones county on October 10, 1902, for
grand larceny, for five years. Sergeant
Mitchell writes to Secretary Melville
that search is being mads for the
men, but no trace of them has been
discovered. The sheriffs of the various
counties are being notified and q de-
scription of the men is being sent out.
r. L. Riley. Secretary of the State
Historical Society, is sen ding out the
following letter, which is of general
interest to Mississippians: The Exc
utive Committee Of the Mississippi
Historical Society has decided to hold
the seventh. annual public meeting of
the Society in Jackson some time next
January. For many reasons it is de-
siarble that this meeting should be
held in the latter part of the week in
which the Legislature assemblies, and
the Committee will probably so de-
eide, if it should meet the approval of
those who are to take part in the ex-
ercises. Jackson is an ideal place in
which to meet while the Legislature is
in session. At that time the leaders
of public opinion from every county in
the State are in Jackson aud mai
ority of them will doubtle attend the
session of this meeting, as was the
case two years ago. By this means
the influence of the Society will be
extended and greater interest will be
aroused in the cause it represents.
For this reason 1t is especially impor-
tant that our next programme should
be the best that can be prepared. I,
therefore, write you to ascertain
whether you Will consent to have your
name appear on the programme for
this important occasion. Papers have
already been promised by several
persons of prominence in this and
other States. We feel sure that a
PAPER from yon would add very much
to the interest of the meeting, as we'll
as to the value of the publication to be
issued at later date.
Please write to me at your earliest
convenience, giving the title OF pa,
per you can contribute on any phase
of Mississippi hist ory for that ccca-
sion. II you cannot complete the
work you wish to dc before the meet
ing, I suggest that You present your
field of research by preparing brief
paper, bringing out the principal
points, which will be presented in
greater detail in the publications.
Those who have elaborate papers are
requested to abridge them for reading
SO that their presentation will not
occupy over twenty minutes. As the
publications will not be issued before
next summer, contributors will have
ample time in which to complete their
| investigations before the manuscripts
| will - sent to press. In order to re-
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