The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-11-28
ANOTHER JAIL DELIVERY.
Mahn, White Prisoner, Escapes
Scott, a Negro, Recapturcd.

Scott. a Negro, Recapturcd.
For the second time during very
short period there has been a Jail de-
livery. Wednesday night white man,
Mahn. one Of the most dangerous and
disreputaHle characters in the county,
who was placed in Jail in default of
sufficient peace bond required of him
on account Of threats Of an unmen-
tionable nature made by him against
members Of his immediate family,
succeeded in making his escape. SO
aggravated were the charges against
Mum that the people of his own COM
munity in the Oswego neighborhood
phoned Sheriff Epperson that if he
was not sent for and dealt with ac-
cording to law Immediately, that they
themselves would undertake his prop
er and speedy punishment. The term
of his sentence in the county jail was
for a period Of one year and one day.
During his confinement, Main has
had free access to all parts Of the jail,
has always assisted the jailer In the
discharge of his duties, and will be re-
membered: as one of the leading wit
nesses for the State in the case VS..
Nathan Wilson, at which trial facts
were revealed that resulted in disclos-
ing the whipping scandal recently
thoroughly aired in the columns Of
the Item.
Jailer Norris has reported the af-
fair substantially as follows:
About 7.3O o'clock Wednesday
night two women temporarily in the
jail as lunatics were creating so much
disturbance that it became necessary
for the jailer to go to them and en-
deavor to pacify them by threatening
to whip and put them in chains If
they did not cease their outrageous
conduct. When Jailer Norris entered
the room adjoining that part Of the
jail in which are the steel cages, he
saw Mahn sitting on barrel Of dis
infectants with both coat and hat on,
but thought nothing Of it. He saw the
women who promised to be more
quiet and returning told Main not to
go to bed for he might need him to
help administer medicine prescribed
by the county physician to the women.
They were always opposed to taking
the medicine and it was necessary to
throw them down and force the dose,
tablespoonful, down their throats.
Main promised his assistance.
When the women began to again
render themselves obnoxious by
jumping up and down on the steel
cage and by screaming, the jailer re-
| turned to administer the medicine.
AS he entered the door, the jailer
states that Mahn caught him by the
shoulder, wheeled him suddenly
around and made break through the
door for liberty. He whipped out his
pistol and fred twice when in the Jail
at the fleeing prisoner, failing to hit
at very short range; he fred twice
more at a short distance from the
Jail and then the pistol refused to re-
spond to pressure on the trigger.
Main then disappeared over nearby
! fence. Scott, negro, held as a wit
| ness in the Gaillard case, followed
after the jailer, but he was recaptur-
ed, and placed in Jail again.
The pistol that the jailer displayed
as the one used that night was lu-
dicrous weapon Of defense. The cyl
inder was so clogged up with dirt or
for some other reason it refused to
revolve. Two bullets were found
lodged sideways in an inch pine door,
and two holes in the ground not more
Iudu lIICS iIC1lSS uCCp WSAO SSSA
where two other bullets were said to
have lodged. The county should sup
ply the keeper of its premises with a
better weapon than the one now in
the possession Of Jailer Norris.
Every effort should be made to ap-
prehend and recapture Mahn, and if
a start in that direction is made in
time, it will most likely result sue
cessfully.l