The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-13
ARNOLD BACK IN JAIL
Suffering with . spraIRed Ankle He Is
Easily Reception.

Fate Arnold, one OF the prisoners
who escaped from the county jail
yesterday afternoon. IS again coz
timed within the prison walls
Suffering with a sprained ankle he
was unable to get away aud his re-
capture vas easily effected within
two hours after he had so unceFe-
moniously left the prison.
HE was apnrehended in the or
chafd of G. T.. Kidd near the street
car barn 10 East End. by ] NJ Mag
gart. foreman of one Of the county
road gangs. aud citizen named Hut
Gibson, who Joined In the chase,
When brought back TO jail Arnold
was suffering considerable pain and
could hardly walR The injury TO
his ankle was sustained when be
| Jumped to the ground after getting
through the aperture III The jail
wall
Marvin WHllmon, the other prls-
oner who escaped with Arnold, is
stkM at large. bat Sheriff Minnick
viii exercise every effort possible
to have him recaptured Officers
Eas other towns were notified By tele-
phone and telegraph 10 be on the
lookout Tor WHlimon They were al
sn furnished ~s5fh descriptions Of
him
Ar th+ last term of the district
court WiHimon entered q plea OF
guilty to q charge of burglary and
W. as given term of TWO years ia the
pen5tsnDary Arnold was arraiguea
tor trial on charge Of horse theft
He was con rsctea by the jury. and as
his aga was under seventeen years,
hs was given q sentence OF three
years lie ttse refprnatory at Gates
vfiie.
Tan two uaa made tbetr escape
tram ghe 3a.l la quite clever msn-
neT ny some means they had $50
cared sUa3 piece ot steel which
thes converted @uto saw One END
ot this was securely bound with a
+. Ieas eord @ He ems OF 8 stick which
sevteG RS "a handle with tbls small
instrument they sa @sd our small
sacgfsa af FHe wooden window casing
afte @&teh 81 @9s an easy n2a Ter
fNf EheU 40 6i& ONT the brick This
lsa5B# accomplished they too& the
leather Straps Watch supported cell
hunkR tied rhsm together. attach
ED Gaze ead io nc roa bAr In The win
dow pnd made their descent 80 fbe
ground on thss jmproyl&eG rupe The
te}$Yer~ was made from window in
tine euu around which opened over
the back ward on the north side 0f
l3a building after eetttuz out of
the 5aB they climbed over the back
f@@ee and jumping tHso Che branch
went tn opposite directions The de-
livery 9ecHTrsd a8oat thirty minutes
before the usual hour FOR locE4ng the
( prisoners iu the revolving cells for
the night The faeE tnat Arnold aud
/ lWiliimau wsra seen 10 leave the Jail
/ bv some bovs who were playing iu
\ the street probably prevented every
/ iprjaoner on the second story from
escaping Tssse boys ran 70 the of
itiee of Sheriff Minnick Al the court
4 bouae aua told him that rkisouers
were escaping from she jar RE hur-
rie4 10 the jail sad srClvea just In
7 time 20 prevent a third man from
geti}8@ ouI. He was already partly
! through the hole when stopped by
+ the sheriff ~
The 0thsr prisapers 20 the fnii de-
nied knowing anything about the
plans of Arnold and Willmou TO et-
feet their escape. but tbts does not
seem reasonable when g. must have
required theuN several hours 20 make
I he hole ia the JAIN wal Blankets
had been placed ou the floor on which
7 ~ drop t8e tricks removed from the
wsN without mRkiEg any noise One
0f the prisoners evidently intended
taking hls clothes with him as they
were toaad ia a sack 0n the jail floor
near the NindoH qfier the delivery
had besn discovered
The break in the jail was repaired
this morn inE b5 O brick mason