The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-10
MAKE GOOD CATCH
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| Grove discovered that some party or
/ parties had stolen his horse and bug
igy He notified the police of this
city of his loss. The horse and rig
were found this morning on the Fouts
road and the find was reported to Mr..
Crosse and the police. 1t is the suppo-
sition that in coming through Cottage
Grove Rickers and Redmond took the
horse and buggy and rode as far as
Fouts' road and hitched the horse
there and walked to Richmond.
If this is proven on them there will
be other charges beside larceny and
burglary placed against them.
Story of Escape.
Shortly after 3 O'Clock Tuesday
morning William Kicker and Frank
Redmond made their escape from the
/ boys department at the county jail
by picking the locks of their cells and
going upstairs where the windows
looking out on the roof are not guard
ed by bars, crawled out and made
their way along the coping until a
| lightning rod was reached by which
they safely reached the ground.
At o'clock the night Waterman
made a trip through this department
on his way to the third floor where
an insane man was confined in the
rubber cell, to look after the maniac s
wants. At this hour, he says, both
appeared to be fast asleep and beyond
bestowing a short look at them he
made no investigation as nothing
seemed to be wrong. He spent some
time with the maniac, who was more
or less violent during the night, but
in about twenty minutes he left him
to go on another tour of inspection.
In passing through the corridor Of
the youths department the watch
man discovered the door to their cells
to be open and he hastily investigated
with the result Of finding that they
both were away from their cells
Running to the first floor of the Jail
he aroused the sheriff and together
they made a hurried search for the
two after notifying the police depart
ment They found that after the men
had freed themselves from their cells |
they had made their way up to the
third floor where are located the !
store rooms of the institution. One |
of them was barefooted, and the
print of his foot could be plainly seen
in the different rooms through which |
they had passed.
A window at the southeast corner
of this floor had been left open in or
der to give the store room ventilation
and it was through this that the two
finally decided to make a break for
freedom. They passed out upon the
roof and made their way along the
coping which being wide, offered them
a secure footing, until they reached
a strong lightning rod leading to the
ground. They slid down this rod and
escaped into the alley in the rear of
the Jail where they went east.
The blood hounds were sent for i'm
after the escape was dis
covered and upon being brought to
the Jail scented out the route the
prisoners had taken. going first |
all the rooms through which |
the men had passed. They were then
taken down stairs to the alley where |
they again took up the scent follow
ing it through the alley in the rear of
the court house, thence across Main |
street into another alley and from
there on east.
The authorities in all towns and
cities Of the State have been notified |
of the escape and told to keep a watch
70 rthe fugitives, who having such
small start are thought to stand but
a small chance to elude the vigilance
of the law.
William Kicker, one of the escaped |
prisoners and probably the originator
of the plan, is under Indictment by
the grand jury for seven different
crimes including burglary, grand lar
ceny, horse stealing, shooting with in
tent to kill and shooting at with in
tent to kill. He is a "pal' of the
Gunckel brothers, long notorious in
the criminal affairs of the country,
one of whom, John, is now confined |
in the Jail awaiting transportation to
Columbus where he will Serve a term
Of ten years in the penitentiary for
the crime of burglary and larceny.
Kicker, it is claimed, was implicated |
with the brothers in numerous nefar-