The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09
THREE MEN
IN JAIL BREAK
Made Escape From Newfane
Monday Morning.
CELLS WERE UNLOCKED
And Prisoners Made Hole Through
Wall from Corridor 10 Freedom
sueeter. Bartlett and An,y Held for
ser!out Charges.

seriouf Charges
Three prisoners changed with serion, Of
iensrs broke out 0f the county jail al
NeNfane some time between midnight
Sunday aud Monday morning, and al
though officers in all directions have been
on the lookout for them they have thus
FAR eluded capture, II is the general be-
lief that the men are attempting TO make
their way % the Canadian border
The prisoners who escaped arc G. III.
Streetcr, Eli Bartlett and Nicholas Anty.
When they retired Saturday night every.
thing about the jail was apparently in its
usual condition, Jailcr Earle Davis had
been keeping a fire in the main room into
which the cells opened, and in some way
the prisoners concealed a stick OF wood
| IN one OF the cells. The cell doors were
not locked and some time during the night
/ the prisoners used this stick TO pry of n
bar on which they. had discovered loose
! bolt. The removal Of this bar allowed
them 10 crawl through into the corridor.
which j. a narrow walk extending around
between the cells and the Jail walls. The
trio removed an iron slat from the bed,
breaking two fiyets in 80 doing. and with
this sirip of iron they dug out the mortar
from between two courses of brick in the
east wall OF the jail which fronts on the
railroad and cannot be seen from any
house. They used a bed quilt 10 deaden
the sound Of their work and made hole
about 10 by II inches through which they
were able 10 esca be.
George Goyette. the only other prisoner
on the ground floor Of the jail. says that
Streeter Bartlett and Anty began their
work about o'clock Sunday afternoon
aud worked iniermttently from then un-
Ill midnight Just before they left Coy.
cite SAYS they struck him over the head
and knocked him senseless because he re-
fused 10 accompany them and attempted
to give an alarm. He further stated that
the prisoners had been saving food for
FIVE DAYS in preparation for the break.
The absense OF the prisoners was dis
covered about s o'clock Monday morning
when Jailer Davis went TO the Jail with
their breakfast He at once notified
Sheriff Arthur II. Thompson of Bellows
Falls and he in turn notified officers in
this and adjoining counties. A man driv-
ing on the road to Wardsboro about 10
miles from the Jail Monday afternoon saw
two men on the edge of the road. but
they ran into the woods as he approached.
It was thought that they might have been
members OF the trio and Jailer Davis and
some companions searched that locality
Dut without success. Tuesday morning
Bellows Falls man who had recently been
at the jail telephoned Sheriff
Thompson, who was then in Newfane,
hat he had seen and recognized Bartlett
Ibout IL o'clock the previous evening on
he road from Saxtons River to Bellows
falls. With Bartlett, the man said, were
wo other men. one of them an Italian.
Vt the time the painter did not know
hat there had been break from New
ane Jail. As soon as he received this in
Sheriff Thompson drove from
Sewfane to Bellows Falls and made
areful search in the vicinity of that
own. He was unable, however, to get
ny trace of the criminals.
Streeter was arrested in Brattleboro
lst week Tuesday on the charge of break
~ into the Central Vermont freight sta
ion where p cents was taken from the
loney drawer. When he was examined
lere was found on his person piece of
cen used as jimmy to pry open the
indow in the freight office and wo-
an's silk raincoat which was wound
round his waist beneath his coat with
hat appeared to be a piece of crepe, to
hich was fastened a white ribbon tied
bow knot. Streeter came from
reenfeld where he is wanted to answer
charge of breaking into house two
eeks ago. He is said to have served
NE lOT DuIpldIN III NudssdCHusttbs.
tt is one of three brothers who was ar
sted in Rockingham a few weeks ago
the charge of breaking into cottages
ong the Connecticut river. Anty was
lployed on the construction gang of the
river dam at Vernon and was
ken into custody July on the charge
assaulting another Italian with attempt
kill. He was arrested after a hard
ase and his actions at that time gave
idence of his being dangerous char
-er.
rhe Jail in Newfane was only recently
lpped with modern cells.
The Bellows Falls Times of yesterday
d. "The escaped prisoners came to
lows Falls and were seen near the
re of f. j. Hall & Son about 1890
esday evening by W. H. Porter, who
ows Bartlett and had some conversa-
n with him. He did not know that
three had escaped from the Jail until
following noon when he notified
,riff Thompson. The Bartlett home on
Springfield road was searched Tues
night but no trace was found. Sher-
Thompson thinks the three jumped
ght here and made for Canada"