The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-14
ESCAPES MoB'S FURY.
SHERIFF CRAWFORD BRIEGs PRIs-
 OVER HERE.
Him Casey, Q Negre, Who EHcaped from Dothnn JafI After Cons vicffen fer Assault to
 Harder.

rar insurance against mob violence ana in order that he might he more aacurelv kept, Him Casey alias Leernan Jones, q desperate negro. was brought fo the Montgomery County tal rom Dothan last niRht by shertn N B Crawford of Houston County ana Fo- Ice Chief J L. Domihgus ef Dothan. Thi9 action was taken by the Sherin pursuant to instruetIsns from Geyer= nor Jelks.
 Dothari last week for Migrant cases of assault Lo murder and robbery and was sentenced to forty years in the peni- tentIary. He escaped from the Dothanl jail sunday night by sewing out. and despIte the efforts made to capture him, he succeeded In eyading the sher- iff and police. Soon after getting out he jumped aboard an eastbound freight train and made hls way to DonaIdsonyille, Ga. where he was captured early Monday afternoon by Sheriff Crawford. The sheriff spared neither sleep nor money In capturing The desperado. The entire community of that section WIS aroused and by diiigent work only Sheriff Crawford succeeded in rearrestng the escaped
 sheriff Crawford reached Dothan with Casey Monday night and had hardiy locked him securely In jail bee fore a crowd of men visited the resi- dence of the sheriff and asked Tor tha keys to the prison in order that thsy might take the negro out The aherln Edeclined to comply with the demand made upon hlrh and the night passed without violence.
 Governor Jelks was advised as to the conditions that had arisen and he tvisgraphed the SheriH yesterday to bring Casey to the MontgonaaFy tall.
 whiie taking Casey tQl th@ train for Montgomery q few minntss after o'clock yesterday afternoen snertn Crawfo says, anotheTl crowd of men gathered and were bent on following fine prisoner. It took the eamblRed effcrfs of all the police of Dothan to scatter and keep off the men until the negro was safely on the Atlantic Coast L.ine train coming, to Mont gofnsrv. sheriff Crawford and Chief Bomlngus arrived iA Montgomery with Casey about g.s0 o'clock. the train be- Ing several hours behind It's schedule They harried the negro to the County jail.
 Casey it will be recalled, was brought to Mentgopaery from Dothan several months ago fer his- protection, He yemainea here untii short time ago, when Sheriff Crawford carried him back to Dothan for tFlak
 The negro Is 20 years old. He is sfocky and has thick lips. His crime was committed In August when he attacked a watehman ef q 'Dothan compress in an effort 70 secure the wntehman's pistol He attempted to strike the watchmap a deadly blow over the head with an axe, but the weapon was mlsdireetsd and landed on Ithe shoulder of the watchman. 4 des- perate struggle ensue@ after which Casey fled and later tho same niBnt broke open ana robbed store,
 sherif Crawford said last night he would suggest to the Governor to have the negro sent to the safest place pos- sihle to serve out his sentence and this place he thought should be the coal mines where the authorities are fully prepared to deal with such ehar- acters.
 "Tf he is sent to one of these lum- ber or tuTpentipe camps" said the Sheriff. it will be only a question of short time before he will get awayS'
 The Sheriff and the Dothan Chief expect to remain In MontgomerS to- day, although they may be called to Birmingham.