Bisbee daily review., 1906-01-09
SILVER CITY
 JAIL DELIVERY
MurderGrs Released .. Job CIeVerIy Executed By
 Masked Men

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 A daring and at the same time 8 successful jail delivery was made in this city early last evening, and How ard Chenowth. under fifty years sen .tence for the murder of Marshal Wm. H. Kilburn, was liberated from his cell in the county jail.
 The rescue of Chenowth was planned and carried out with the ut most deliberation, and was undoubt- edly the result of a carefully execu- ted plot.
 About half past seven o'clock last evening Jailer Frank Watson went from the jail to the cook house. a distance of about forty or fifty feet, in order to bring in and lock up for the night B. F. Gooch, trusty help had reached the door of the jail on his return and had just unlocked the same when his attention was arrested by an exclamation from the trusty, who said. Here Is man" Watson quickly turned and found himself looking down the barrel of a six shooter in the hands of a masked man. who said to him, q am after Che nowth and the other fellow, and you must do exactly as say" The man then made the taller lock Gooch in one of the cells, which was done. Watson was then marched to the door of the section of the jail in which are located the steel cages for the con finement of murderers and desperate prisoners After this door was un- locked and opened, the same perform ance was repeated at the door on the steel cage in which Chenowth was confined.
 Chenowth, from his actions, evi- dently was expecting assistance of the kind that he received, as he evinced no surprise when the doors were opened, but on the contrary, ac- cording to the statements of Fred Malone. who was confined in the steel cage with him, was quite nervous dur ing the entire evening, frequently looking through the doors of his cage towards the door as though expecting some one to appear. The conversation between the prisoner and the libera- tor was brief and to the point. AS the jaiier was forced to open the door of his cell, the masked man simply said, T am after you, Howard" to which Chenowth replied, Well, If you are after me, guess I will have to go." Chenowth thereupon put on his hat and coat and came from the cell. Chenowth was then told by his friend to search the jailer, which he did. and after this had been done and no weapons found on Watson, he being unarmed at the time, Watson was told to go inside the steel cage, and the doors were then securely locked Hpon him. Chenowth and his friend then started out of the jail, be- ing careful to lock both doors after them, and departed in the darkness together.
 When Watson was searched by Che nowth. after the latter had been re- leased from his prison cell. there was taken from him two sss of keys, one to the different cells in the jail, and the other to the outer doors. These keys were used by Chenowth and his companion in locking the doors when they left.
 The whole affair was conducted with the utmost precision and in the most quiet and careful manner So thoroughly was the work done that many of the prisoners confined in the jail had no idea that anything was wrong until the alarm was sounded. One of the prisoners, a man by the name of Kelly, who was locked up in steel cage close to the outside time the holdup was commenced, and had view of the man who did the work. Kelly says that he was so completely masked, however, that he had absolutely no view of his features with the exception of the lower end of his chin.
 That the person or persons who planned and executed the delivery were thoroughly familiar with exist ing conditions about the jail, is shown by the fact that the scheme was car ried into effect on Christmas evening, at time when it was almost certain that not one of the county officers would be about the building. Fur thermore. it was undoubtedly known that the jailer. Charles Weddell, was absent from the city at PiDos Altos on official business, and that Mir. Wat son was the only person in authority not only around the jail, but about the entire court house building.
 Watson was compelled to remain locked up in the steel cage for over an hour before, he was able to at tract the attention of any other per son. He finally induced one of the Mexican trusties about the jail to come to his assistance and open one of the windows, through which he gave the alarm to Charles Dunn, who drives the Leopold stage and has his kt.<s TN1r.1,- k,n,,ca nr.,v ir,