Arizona republican., 1907-11-05
CRIMINALS DEPARTURE FROM Ti:%t GIIY BASlILE
Unattended by Any Ceremonies and no Damage to the Cage.

Isaac T. Hale, alias James c.
 Thomas. James Thompson and James
 Dale. who was arrested on Friday on
 suspicion of being the person who is
 wanted in Galesburg. Ills, for forgery. and fraudulent dealings, yesterday
 morning flew from his ungilded cage
 fin the basement of the city jail where
 he was incarcerated until Sheriff Mathews of Knox county. Ills, could
 arrive and prove his identity. The sheriff was supposed to be on his way
 this morning but Marshal Moore yes
 terday wired that the bird had flown.
 Soon after the marshal received a mes
 sage that the sheriff had started for
 this city. probably not having received the marshal's telegram. Whether the sheriff will be informed before he
 goes far on his journey is not known. one thing certain is that Hale with his aliases is missing and the mar
 shals office is looking for him.
 Hale. or Thomas. as he gave his
 name to the officers here, worked very clever but ancient scheme for breaking out of jail, that of unlocking the cell door with the proper key and quietly but effectively making his get away. Hale did not go to bed at all
 the first night but walked the floor of
 his cell. probably thinking of some scheme for escape. He had two days in which to figure out the best plan and watch the goings and comings of
 the officers. He became imbued with the idea of the advantages of plenty of fresh air and asked both the jailer and ' hn fap nd lafar Mo
 Donald to leave open the big wooden
 door to his cell.
 The cell occupied by Hale has a window on the west side of the plaza.
 Besides the wooden door which is not
 usually closed anyway. the main safe guard against escape is a steel grat- ing door which is secured by a heavy 1 paddock on the outside. At first the officers were at a loss to know how he
 had gotten out, but the finding of a long wire hook in the store room gave
 the first clew to the method. It has
 been the habit to hang the bunch of keys on a nail back of the wooden idoor of this cell and about five feet from the cell entrance.
 The prisoner had evidently noted the exact place where the keys were kept and figured that if he could get wire he could fish them down and unlock
 the cell door. It is supposed that | pal whose name is known came to his assistance and procured the instru-
 ment for the work. By reaching with
 this long wire through the small space
 betwen the edge of the wooden door
 and the door casing he hooked the keys which are on a ring. worked them through to his hand and picking out
 the key that fit. unlocked the grating.
 From the jailer's office into which he
 stepped egress to freedom was easy.
 The heavy wooden door leading to the
 hall is locked or the inside with a
 Yale lock which he turned and step ped into the open. No one saw his
 escape and the time at which he de- parted can only be guessed at.
 Some time about midnight Sunday
 the night police went into the jail and
 he was there then. About 2:30 a. m. or perhaps later Capt. lily Mcdonald
 went down to the jailers office and found that all was well. He talked with Hale, who expressed a desire to have the wooden door left ajar, which was nothing unusual for prisoners to ask. So his wish was granted. From all circumstances 1t is thought probable that he made his break for liberty be- tween four and six in the morning. When Jailer Perrin went to his of flee in the morning he found the wood en door of Hale's cell shut. That was