The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-31
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FOUND FHE BOYS
TWO coLoRED LADS WHO Es.
cAPED FROM THE REFORM
scHooL LOCATED.

GRAFTON Aus si-Late yesler'
day afternoon word INTERCEPTED 10
Tile elfsct that i6ar d tAe nine boy
WHO esearea tlem Tie reform school
ist Rfun oBn couple of dis aeo
shad ptarsI near edmplt atid
Etwo 81 Tie guards rom lie institp.
lion went astson 50 tor5tbe psifs
hBpse III 6fingIng the lads bsei W tlle
school,
BIoodhounas rpsting through the
stree 81 tie west Side toilowed 81
a1alge crowd Oh hots eback ip bag Ies
md on foot caused great deal Of eSs
lcItenent 81 tia staid pastso the eitys
and Tor a While tfiege were minors
Ithat maFde fefs ewes and other
Criminals we're loose and being ctass
tedsby the aatSorities The matter a
nally lost IT'S interest when the peos
pie became aware Of the fact tie
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Hbtoodhounds were from the State re-
form school at Prltnty toEn and that
They were after three colorsd boys
who broke away from that Institution
during the evening s
AS soon as twas discovered at tina
state school that the three boys had
made q break for 1iberty the bleols
hounds were unleashed and Started
out IN pursuit In charge Of couple Of
the guards from the lnstitutIon. They
Itook the trait and come Directly to
this city and to the West Side: The
dogs followed the scent accurately 10
q section Of the east side where two.
OF the boys had gone TO and these, two
escaped inmates Of the Institution
were soon captured and during the
evening were returned to thesschool.
The third boy got away altogether He
was traced Into the railroad yards.
here and II Is presumed that be took
a chance and jumped one Of tae out.
going freight trains and got away.
OF the nine boys who escaped from.
the institution several evenings ago.
two have been recaptured and return!
ed tothe institution and thetrest are
all at large. During the past week or.
ten days there has been total Of IL
boys got away from the institution
and Of this number but six have be i
returned to the Institution. The au-
thorities in allsparts of this and some
Of the adjaent states have been noti-
fed to be on the lookout for the lads
and they will. in ALI probability be.
picked up in a short item and return
ed to the school.
Usually when there is a change in
the management Of the institution
there is a feeling of unrest among the
inmates and they take every advan.
tage Of the officials and try to. get
away. When the three colored boys
made a dash for liberty last night one
white boy started with them but ne
only went a few hundred yards until
he stopped and returned to the lnstitu-
ton at the command Of the guards
who were after him.
When thetboys made their escape
last evening there was a general
alarm sounded at Pruntytown and In
side of a few minutes there was
large crowd following the guards and
the bloolhQpnds and 2 good many Of
them came on into Grafton, It was
the large crowd and the blcodhounds
which caused the excitement over the
river and many of the residents Of
the city Joined in the pursuit Of the
escaped inmates Of the institution, and
after the two were captured kept up
the hunt through the yards and about
the city for several hours in the hope
that they might be able to catch him.
A message from the institution was
to the effect that no further escapes
had been attempted and that the boys
while apparently very restless, were
being watched very closely, guards
having been doubled and there was
little apprehension that any more Of
them would attempt to get away.