The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-02

WILL ALL APPEAR
IN COURT TIC DAY
Men Had One Confederate in
Prison and Another on Out
side--Bars5of Cell Sawed
ThroughPlan to
Kill Watchman
a.tst .., m
and Escape. IL
and Escape.

4 In the full enjoyment df the pros-
pect of liberty and the freedom to go
their own way once more, after a long II
period Of confinement. Louis Rodgers, 5s
Harry Allen and Edith Allen were
frustrated yesterday morning in the II
most daring attempt at jail delivery
4 ever made in the history of the Rich-
lmond City Jail. With heavy steel8bars
sawed through and through. an appa-
rently unwary guard before them, and
every avenue, of aegress seen1in gly open.
4 the three alleged baggage thieves. who
i have caused much trouble to the Bald "
II win Detective Agency, particularly to s
I Special Agent L. l. seherer. of the
4 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, saw all si Il
3Itheir long -cherished plans end In abb NJ
& |solute and dismal failure
( Taken to Other Cells.
The three desperate prisoners were
A at once removed from the specially
= constructed cells III which they had
"a been confined and placed in others, cen
q trallys located and still intact The n
cells they vacated showed a most re- s&
q markable condition Steel bars. which
}were mede by the Stewart Iron Cont
a lpany. of Cincinnati and which were
boasted to be inpenetrable by the #teoth 4
of any saw manufactured, had BEEN
sicut and plugs Of wood painted the
\ same color had been substituted SO
Il |ingeniously as to Eelude detection Fhasl
4 very door itself, fve-eighths Of an inehs
n thick, had been cut, but only on the !,
closest inspect.on could the injury be 4
5al noticed.
Hidden in every conceivable place
I'm ten OF the finest diamond pointed steel
= saws were discovered, and the two
1 men were found to have considerable
money in their possession, >; !, Roagers e :
had s12 In his hat, and Allen had q $40
- lbill Ropes made from the mattresses
we're discovered in both the cells OF
If Rodgers and of the Allen woman The
, ISrope was to be used in case the prissS
"A oners had been forced to drop from a.
llwindow, which, In the general plan Of
sa9l escape contenplat ted, was re garded
only as an emer gency.s
ss The three criminals had a confed-s
crate on the outside and one n 'SAe JAIL
yIitself. the latter being Bill Landrum,i
one OF the old guard, having served
short sentences time and time again.
and being well known to Justice
r. 5Crutchheld and all the policemen Of
IS Richmond. who got hold Of the tools
and passed them in to Rodgers and
Allen. Landru1n was a trusty in the
iaa jail, having been there SO many tines
and it was never thought for. a mos
ment that with his short term, he
would figure in SO remarkable an at
ne tempt at Jail delivery, Landrum was
Of caught passing tools through Satur-
aei day night and he Is now. under a.
u second arrest. charged with aiding
is and abettng the three prisoners to es.i
ae cape.
~ Left Letter for Wife.
I'd Under Aliens pillow was found a
vs. letter addressed to his wife. stating
c. that he was about to leave and that
as Richmond would never see him again.
he This would seem that Allen at first
OF thought OF leaving his Wife behind.
1g knowing that she might afterward get
e. off with light sentence; but he must
lis have changed his mind, for the later
d plan contemplated the delivery Of both
men and woman.
lis Midnight was the time set for the
e. escape. While the watchman was busy
.rt on that corridor the prisoners were
as to remove the cut bars and then quiet
he ly step out and fell the watchma,
n with one OF the bars The next move
n would have been to go to the wornan'a
cell and release her, and then pass
in on down stairs to the front olce, eth.
IN. er killing the watchman or knocking
ali him insensible, and Handwriting him
it. or, by prying off the bars. escape from
the window Of the third floor. Once
on the outside the rest would have
been comparatively easy to people OF
their ingenuity and fertile resource.
Suspicion on the part OF Detective
6 Scherer was first directed to the al,
legged baggage thieves early last week
WNcIl Ile ESCtlVeu HECN
New York to the effect that the res
"a of the gang In that city had relin
quished the long fight to obtain bal
for the Allen woman, knowing wha
a dangerous set he had to deal with
Mr.. Scherer watched to see what woul,
an be done by the prisoners. On Thurs
vas day he had information that seyera
ere bars had been cut in the cells. H
Immediately informed Judge Witt, o
lrg the Hastings Court, and the latte
ties suggested that the prisoners be takel
wo out at once and put in other cells. Blu
ees Mr.. Scherer wanted to wait until the,
ers had further developed their plans
hey Judge Witt then ordered two specia
ayS policemen-Folkes and Sherry-t
ana watch that part of the Jail in whic
roll the criminals We're confined. and MI
Scherer had an additional guard place
n on the outside.
on In Court TO-dny.
dge The sp!endidly-hatched plan cul
nth minated yesterday In absolute Failure
.ov. when petectiye Soherer deemed tina
.ov- the affair had gone far enough. an
,nie Rodgers and the two Aliens and B
the I.andrum We're all confronted Wit
oer- fresh charges---the first three with al
) Of tempt to escape from jail. and Landru'
the with aiding ard abetting them
Landrum was taken to the First nc
fted lice Station, and there locked up. vii
dee the order that no one was TO be al
not lowed to see him. The others wes
the placed In other cetis ana "a 81 iiisnt y, 7
arty additional guard WAS plaeeo oNtf .'ieN
sta TO prevent al lnrther htlsinpt ~ Y
ctor cape. The WHOLE quartet viii be Al
ali raigncd in Police Court this morn
ID ing, and with such positive epideac
re 4 against them. 1t Is impossible. for the
) tol 10 evade tha penalty Imposed for sie
he foncnse .
MISC Against Alien. belseEtVe VI, ~. ~
ues- q long RECORD OF alsegeu .SHiins'. it9' i.s
nseIs are few of the larger cities In the eal
or a | IN which he Is not wanted. With OH