The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-28
BESSEMER JAIL
 IS A GOOD JOKE Three More Prisoners Walk
 Out With Ease IN THE BROAD DAYLIGH I Executive Committee Is Expected To Take Some Action Soon on the Coming Primary-PersonaI
 and General News.

Bessemer, January 27.-(Special )-Three jail this afternoon between the hours of 1 and 2:9O, and are still at large. Their names are Walter McGee, Dock Smith, and Will Evans As far as can be learned the prisoners when they made their escapes were in ordinary clothes. and it will be quite a hard matter for any one to identify them.
 Walter McGee is a negro about 21 years of age, height feet 10 or feet Il inches, weight about 145 pounds; bright complex ion, medium build, small black eyes, and the most noticeable thing about the negro is his quick, 1.-the movements. He was quick as a flash, as the officers have good reason to know He wore at the time of his escape cap, had on pair of light checked trousers, a vest and blue shirt He wears a No. 8 shoe. He is dis tinguished by the position in which he carries his head. His neck is exception ally long and he cranes his head to one side when talking.
 Doc Smith is a negro that originally hailed from Georgia. He is about 26 years old, stands feet high, is very black, weighs about 1SO pounds, has a gold tooth in front left upper jaw, has a scar about three inches long, running straight from light temple at the edge of hair to the back of head. Wore a dark suit, white shirt and a derby hat. This negro is well marked and should not be hard to identify.
 Will Evens, the third escape, is a negro about 30 years old, height from feet 8 inches to feet 10 inches, weight about 165 pounds. Complexion, black; medium build, shoulders slightly stopped.
 It has been conceded on all sides that the limit was reached in Bessemer jail breaking when these negroes got away. The only reason the whole crowd of prisoners did not get away was no doubt due to the fact that they were out on the streets working. McGee and Smith were two negroes that were bound over to the grand jury this morning in Mayor Rush 5 court. and they were waiting for the sheriff to come along and take them up to Birmingham. It is supposed that they got tired of waiting on him. A plank about four feet long and seven inches wide was prized up and several blankets were then ripped up and made to act as a rope. The negroes squeezed through the small opening and let themselves down to the ground floor The opening was made just above the place where the stock of hay is kept After getting on the ground floor they simply walked through the door and into the lot.
 They Walked across the lot and walked out of the gate, and all this was done while the good sun was shining. No tell ing how many of them would have gotten away had it been dark. Walter Evans had been in the jail all day, as the city physician stated this morning that he had the measles and was not able to go out and work on the streets
 The city has a day warden employed, but it is not known where he was at the time, No doubt he was in his office. At that time of day there are always several people around the jail, and the prisoners no doubt figured that since business around the hall was so rushing it would be a good time for them to make their escape They are gone and no one knows which way they went. They may and they may not be caught, and the chances are that they never will. That Bessemer jail is certainly joke, and it is believed that a good many of the prisoners re- main in it simply because they can al- ways count on getting g. square meal,