Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-01-11
BROOKS BOYS SUR
RENDER TO SHERIFF
HAVE OFTEN SEEN DEPUTIES
SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN OUT.
Claim They Cent Know who Placed
Tosls IN Jau Tor Their Escape
from BrOnsOn jail.


ZION Fridays Daily sun.
b. and p. g. Brooks. the two men
charged with counterfeiting and who
we're placed IN the Bronson iail %
await the term Of United States court
here this month. have surrendered 70
the sheriff here % BE- present and
stand trial on the charge against them
The men N question were seen 81
the fan Thursday By the reporter and
salked very freely Of their where
abouts since their escape from the
Levy county Jail and as to how they
effected the same.
They claim that the tools. saws,
nIes and other apparatus used In cut
eng their way out was found IN the
cen. and they don't know who placed
lhem there. or when they were put
IN TIE jail. but upon finding them the
next morning when they awoke they
AZ once went 20 work 10 secure their
liberty. which was done within a short
while.
After their escape they at once
made Tor their home. where they Sc
cured bedding and other parapher-
MALTA preparatory 10 camping out IN
che woods and remaining az liberty
untll tire time for trial. Il being their
attention 70 come IN and surrender
and stand trial al along, but wanted
their freedom pending the interven.
ing tmo
They have been enjoying them
selves hunting and fishing. and camp
ne has Jared wen with them from
al appearances. They have enjoyed
tie cane.grlndlngs. hog-kinings and
Toasted on al kinds Of choice game
during their camp-life. and were new
er compelled to move camp very far
90 any one time.
when asked what possessed them
40 come to Gainesville instead OF
Bronson. they replied that they pre-
forred 10 be- imprisoned fPre. Is they
served four months two days
there and had e 6f the Levy
county iall. and ohsidering II was
about time for trial they secured a
hack and were driven 70 this city,
leaying their home at O'Clock on
Wednesday arriving here about ~
O'Clock. and had been on the hunt for
the sheriff until they finally found
the retiring sheriff Thursday morning.
when they surrendered 20 him. He
turned them over to sheriff Ramsey.
and they were az once put behind the
hara ~
The deputies often came In close
Quarters % them while they we're out,
and on one occasion sheriff Walker
passed within thirty feet OF where
saey were hid. bus he failed 70 dis
cover them. They say q was a com
laon occurrence Cor some Of the
deputies % pass along their camp
trails and come within q few feet Of
them.
b. q. Brooks claims that his brother
As Ia no way connected with him IN
fhs case and that the charge against
hin Is without foundation. which fact.
he claims yin be brought out az the
trial
Attorneys have been secured for
ihem BY their friends. bat they don't
lnoW yet VINO has been engaged. How
ever they claim thar the whole case
rin be Strengthened out exonerating
them.
The Brooks were disappointed over
are iaci that their trial win not come
~ as soon a. they had anticipated
oiherWiss they would have remained
pn The outside until about time for
trial They understood the case would
come up between January ist and
18th
Stomach Troubls Cured.