Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-04-19
From The County Jail By Cutting Their
Way Through Bars

Shanck, two priso oners being
held here for the authsrit ties in
Toilette and Pierce ties,
awaiting the sitting of the a dis
.trict court there, Tuesday night
made one Of the most daringja
breaks ever made ia this county.
The escape was made through
iron. bars, which had been con 'l-.|
siderably / weak kened at z, q pre- pre-
vious attempted jail 1 l,|s de|liVery, ll,',
some ;o I two years ago, and It is
said that the work was COM z
.pleted on Monday and Tuesday
whenever an oppor ortunity pre-
sented itself. It's ascertaine''dl
that the escape took place Just 5l!sp
as the he u prisoners were LOG cked ed up lE'
for the night, as the sheriff + Itsa rst
missed hi them NJ hen he was pre-
pairing Es to lock these two esea- a.,
padles$iln the cage, las was "a his; his
custom to do every mig ht. Up 81
I 4 sson 81 arriving at the cage he found
the bedsa nicely arranged 50 as e
.toShave the pearanceSo the the
men IA already in bee, the clothesss.
rolled up l in. a lleap However; y yer ];
Belford investig ed the beds 5to. e.
make certain the pris soners were: yer,
there, but found Il a puts ,lpa y s. lob.
and The men 11owhe 20 be. bees
found about the jail
h essages we're sent 81 u oYers IKE
she country, and the rai rpad ss,
Yards Il; have li; been y carefull Watcli-
!: ~ 3 h I ever u; u. since the " escape, but
with rs resul ltts. ffreig ght train
pulled out q few minutes after y
the rnenWere n II q E d missed and deputy
Eve took the first train out and
!. made q thoro rough search 81 q the ii
\ freight when Il cache d Rugby,
! but no signs Of t the escarades.
/ Sheriif Belford says there can u
: be S1lo doubt: but " hat the pris:a'
j oners5 had outside assistance as
ia Il a, box had been placed outside
the window here the escape
was mad to aid them il lower, Is,
:ingthe large iron screen s with n IS
out making any ,l + noise d to attract,tts33
The attenti 81 Of the sher T, and
also the sinstruglln nents VIII ich had 1sadti. !
been used ia saWing the bars. bars
must have been sfauggled 4 a.
through he wind dqyJ as every. s'.
5prisone er is is search led AZ night be- bpes-
fore being locked and any
obi ectionab le artic le N hich may sl1nls Is
] be found ln their possession q slss' IS
taken from them,
I. The missing men are described.
I as#foll lows 5.zS
Alexande .arre wanted ,ssl Is for ,l';
{ grand larceny IA Rol etts coallll- y
u -1t), Weig Elt l6O slim, thin thin
face, blue eyes, complex-
n ion, slow talker abo,lt s5 years 'lsss'
old and wore gIat SD
n shanck nted lerce
count for fore -
zoo, bro eyes, wore cord dalrloy
ousers, friendI and soeiable
tai lker, e years q
his Wr.iittiing II no llaas have llVs''es
beea secured as to ttlIae he here
ahouts of the ia birds bult5as
sslheriffff selford has n well spun
out the and re-
ward of sSss,,5 Is iss offered to any one
wing Ia ii fforsrla atioil leading to
the capture prisoners,
they and heir con federa will
have % be- mig lltsz ID order
slip away ffr.oll hose iii search
Their
svangsIist sseIl deIi iVered
lis farewell ess the city
.sf Devils u IN edsls even.
Ing to d large audi eIace lEls Els
ends he has dlrlIla lllsI
hort atia