The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07
PRISONERS At COUNTY JAIL
1lAMED SUCCESSFUL
!. ESCAPE.
" 4 .rs sAT1, "a. says g'tYe.f
JUST HOW II WAS DONE.
u Not Known--NhlIs jaIIer
Was After Bucket Of Coal
They Got Door Open.

The Ave prisoners who were held at
Fthe county jail for Fobbiug Q Santa Fe
car It Beeson on January ~, made their
ssesps Sunday sveping. People who are
10 Jail seem to pIck on Sunday for 4 day
Of escape. The crowd that escsped Sun.
day night were oil eligible to the peni-
Rntiary. except one, and that one was to
have trial With good show Of proving
bic eligibility. n
AT about 7:i6 o'clock Mr.. States, who
was in'chksge Of the jail at that time, was
called BY tbs prisoners and asked for q
buSkst Of coal. He took the bucket,
locksd the door, ssd went after the coal.
Whsn he returned few moments later,
tAspsly occupant wss Harry Marshall,
wht 10 held for yiolstion Of the prshibi.
tog5law. Marshall inforued Mr.. States
shat the men had oil gses, and II did not
take much Of % examination to sub
stsntiats bic statement.
Nj. States thinks thas Ne men had
worked some scheme - tAs, the door
did nos shut fas enough y 1t the bolt
catch when the lock w Turned. Ms.
shsefler. who VA pasaias ss that time,
ssw one nss jump over he sosth wall
and run west. but u spDsars, did not
thiak pf there being sayshias wrong.
None u he 0shen % fsf u learned we're
sssS leaving tho yard. A sssreA WA
msd& &dusing The, sIsht. and Sou.!casd tho
nsxf morning. Different SspsNs came
10 Of men bsing seen, who we're thought
to be some Of tho escaped prisoners. but
90 being evsrtaken they proved to be the
wrong parties.
All Of the parties were arrested for rob-
b,ng . Santa 70 car II Bseson, on the
night Of Januasy q. They were caught
With soas oi the soods and the esss was
tslas enc sgsiast- ham. ~ n 81
journsd term Of the district court on last
Friday. four Of the men pleaded guilty
unds- the names Of Antoine Lavan, Fred
Gallagher, Alex Foster, aad Bort Ran
dali. The 9th man who gave his name
y Tom Murny, pleaded not guilty, sad
he others claimed tAss be was telling the
ruth. Il 10 possible that the men had
zone into plan to save one Of the crowd
rom going over the rosd, and had settled
lpon which Il should be by some form Of
At any rate tho four who
,lesded guilty were to give their evidence
y Monday to clear Murray, but instead
u that they cleared him without evidence
md ell went away with him.
Bert Randall, the younsess Of the pris-
,nen, after o dlsooursging experience
asting through the loagest night he will
'ver know, lost heart completely, end re-
urnsd to the jail. Nothing regarding the
'thers could be learned from him, and |
lsthing regarding the plane carried out
. making the escape. He claims that
be A,st hs knew about It wss when they |
allied to him to come on, that the door
vas open. OF course he knows more
boat II than this, but It 10 liksly that he
I'D nothing to do wlih planning the %.
ape, % he is yoangsr than tho others and
sss sent away alone BY them.
Randall tells q asleful story about bis
xpsriencs after leaving the jail. he con.
laded 10 70 south Of the river and across
he country, and he made Q gsod guess
hat the bridge would bs guarded and
Id not try to cross ct that point. he
fsded the river and got his feet wss. He
ras thinly clad and almost frozen. He |
IN Q long time and In the darkness OF |
% niRhe lest M difection ana probably |
lent II circle much ofthe time. By
Isrning he was nesr the Lisgest place.
10 wss haagry and froseu and ready to
. most anything for food and warmth.
10 saw rural telephone lines around him
I'd knew that II be wsst to . house to
ct something to eat, be wsald most likeiy
Q held sad turned ever to the officers.
10 saw wagon approachIag and decided
,at he would ride 70 Dodge City and 70.
,rn 10 the jail. ne was certain to be
lught any wsy, he shoasAt. and sAsn hs
'oald b In for jail breaking sentence.
b be came to sown and applied for bic
"a room at the eouasy jail.