The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-05
'CONVICTS ESCAPE
FROM STOCKADE
Six Negroes Make Sensational
Dash for Liberty
ONE MAN APPREHENDED
A Guard Opens Fire and Hits at
Least one-A Cap Is Found
Pierced BY Two
Bullets.
ONE MAN APPREHENDED

Just after the eighty convicts employed
in the plant of the American Manufac-
turing company at North Birmingham
had begun the days work yesterday
morning six of the number succeeded in
making a daring escape from the stock
ade in which the shops are enclosed. One
of the number was captured and returned
to the stockade during the early after
noon, but the others were still at large at
a late hour.
Following are the names and descrip-
ton of the men who escaped:
Joe Dixon, sent up from Mobile county
for six years for burglary; 25 years Of age,
feet 914 inches in height, weight 1875
pounds. light brown color. Has pistol
shot through muscle of right arm
Not Cox. sent up from Etowah county
for life for murder; % years of age, 8
feet 91S inches in height, weight 1872
pounds, black complicated. Has small
nick out Of left ear.
Lee Brooks sent up from Talladega
county for ten years for robbery; % years
of age, feet 61a inches in height, weight
14 pounds, light brown color Has dim
scar under right eye running downward
towards the mouth.
Ed Adams, sent up from Mobile county
for sixteen years for robbery; % years
of age, feet Il inches in height, weight
1855 pounds, black in color Is slender
built with two large vaccination scars on
left arm and small scar on forehead in
edge of hair.
George Sears, sent up from Randolph
county for life for murder; 81 years of
age, feet inches in height, weight 157
pounds, black in color. Has long scratch
scar on right side of face over cheek and
mouth and large burn scar on side.
Ed johnson, sent up from Mobile county
for six years for assault; 27 years OF age
feet 5A inches in height, weight JAP
pounds, black in color. Has scar on right
cheek near nose.
At the time of the escape Guard c.
Wallace was standing in the guards
shack at about the distance of one hum
dred feet from the negroes. They were
at work in the foundry when the six men
suddenly made a rush, and two of the
hohiOOA dbttiNhtu tnt wall WITH an AXE
and a pick which they had seized. After
a few well directed blows from the axe,
the pick was inserted In the crack and a
large board was wrenched from the fence.
The negroes then made a dash through
the opening, the whole performance TAX
ing only a few seconds to be accom-
plished This guard opened fire, how
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1t is known that he struck at least one
of the men, as the wall was spattered
with blood, and cap supposed to belong
to Lee Brooks was found which had been
struck by two bullets. The position of
the holes in the cap lead to the belief
that the shots must have glanced off
from the negro's skull
Several of the convicts were soon lost
sight Of but two or three were seen to
go in the direction of Boyles. Sheriff
Burgin and the police of North Birming-
ham were notified of the escape and
deputies were detailed to scour the coun-
try in the direction which the men are
supposed to have taken. 1t was a Mr..
Hamilton who went out with the North
Birmingham police that discovered the
negro. Ed Johnson. He was in hiding
near the Louisville and Nashville yard
at Boyles
reward of $50 is open for the cap
ture of each of the five at large, and
the authorities are prosecuting a vigor-
Gus search in the neighborhood where
johnson was found and also towards
Sayreton and Brookside. in which direc-
tions 1t is thought that the other con-
victs NAV have gone