The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
PRISONERS DARING ESCAPE
Charles Miller EIudeS Officers
and Disappears Despite
Quick Pursuit,

For nerve and daring the escape of
Charles Miller from the county authori-
ties here yesterday morning was the best
specimen OF any yet produced in Weber
county criminal annals. An efforts to To-
cate him have been of no avail although
his disappearance was discovered within
a few moments after ne made MS break
Tor liberty WOrd OF the escape was I'M
medlaUely flashed III AL directions and
oIncers started IN pursuit OF the fugitive.
Last night the officers We're sJlil search
ing for the prisoner, who is supposed to
have remained in hiding during the day
and got out of the country on d freight
train after dark.
Miller was one of the two men arrested
in Salt Lake about a month ago together
with i. Is. quincy. who were charged
with rObbing the store of j. l.. Clark x
Sons, from which they secured about sou
worth of silks. Both men were bound
over TO the district court on charges OF
grand larceny and burglary in the first
degree. Yesterday they were taken into
court ard both Pleaded not guilty to the
charge. There were four prisoners ar
raigned at the same time and it was while
this quaTtette of criminals were being
taken TO the jail below that the escape
occurred.
Sheriff G. A Sebring ard Deputy B. b.
Wilson were in charge of the prisoners.
To reach the Jail from the court house
without going outside it is necessary to
pass down a narrow staircase. consisting
of two flights At the first landing there
is a door attached to which is d strong
spring. At the foot of the stairway IS an
other door leading to the outside. Sheriff
SebTins walked ahead of the prisoners
and Deputy Wilson at the rear The sher-
iff and three Of the prisoners had passed
through the door on the first landing,
when it was slammed shut, leaving the
Deputy and Quincy, one of the prisoners,
on the first flight of stairs. Miller then
quietly opened the SIDE door and passed
out into the Jail yard. Hastily running
to the rear of the yard he scaled the fence
and disappeared.
door, thinking it had swung shut of its
own accord. He soon discovered that
Miller was missing and Informed the sher-
IF. who covered the other prisoners with
his gun. leaving Wilson free to pursue
Miller. The fugitive. however. had some
little time before his escape was learned
and had diSa appeared. Within five min
utes every thoroughfare in the city was
being searched for him.
Sheriff Sebring offered a reward Of 50
and expenses for the capturs OF Miller
and the following description has been
sent broadcast:
age 80 years: height. feet s inches;
eight. IA pounds; complexion. medium
nair, light brown; smooth face; face thin
and cheeks somewhat sunken; nose long
and slender; front upper left tooth gone;
I atiOnality. German; scar on lower part
Of right jaw: VaTicOSe veins on right leg
below the knee: vaccine mark. on left arm
above the elbow At the time of his eS-
cape he wore a blue serge suit of cloths,
no hat and tan shoes
About $50 o'clock last evening Watch
man Mcintyre discovered man supposed
to be Miller in the act of boarding a
freight train for the west. When ques-
toned as to his presence in the railroad
yards he said that he was the conductor
of the train Mcintyre disputed this when
the fellow struck him a blow on the side
of the head The Waterman then pulled
his gun from his pocket and struck the
nan above the left ear and knocked him
back several feet. The fugitive there
upon wheeled and started to run off. Nc
Intyrc called upon him to stop or he
would shoot The stranger refused to stop
end MCINTYRE fired several shots at him.
none of which is supposed to have taken
which he secured some time after his es-
cape from the county Jail. A large force
of county and CITY officials are patrolling
Miller