The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-05
STORY OF ESCAPE.
Noted Prisoners Have Broken Jail
Before.

Noted prisoners Have Broken Jail
Greenville. s. c.. April 4-Garber
Moore. .alias Tennessee Dutch" and
George Barton. alias Chicago Army"
two of the most noted professional
safe blowers In the country. made a
sensational escape at an early hour
this morning from the Greenville
county Jail, where they were awaiting
trial irA the United States Court here
on a charge of post once burglary,
They made their escape from the
county Jail by dynamiting the floor OF
the cell early teday. They drilled
holes in the rock floor Of the jail with
a drill made Of an umbrella handle.
It Is believed they Had outside help.
The night guard declares the men
dtd not pass him and that he was
awake all night. Indications are that
the drilling was done from q cell un-
der the cell occupied by the prisoners.
.Dutch' and Barton were brought
here March 20 from Birmingham. Ala.
where they were captured by Detect
ives Cole and Dishroom. They We're
under indictment for blowing the safe
in the post ONCE at Pelzer, s. c., on
the night of December 2. 1907. They
were to have been tried here this
month in the United States District
Court.
Two special guards had been placed
over the men by the Federal author
tiles. but IL appears that the watch
fulness of the guards did not deter
the noted criminals In their efforts to
escape. ~
of Nthe several hundred professional
safe blowers. or "yeggs" that the gov
eminent post once inspectors and Sc
cret service men have had TO deal with
In America for the past quarter -cen-
kury. Tennessee Dutch" Is beyond
doubt the shrewdest. His pal, George
Barton. although one-armed. Is an ex-
pert cracksman and next TO Dutch"
the shrewdest Of the many "yeggs"
that the authorities have to deal with.
dutch" has successfully eluded the
sleuths of the United States Post once
Department on dozens OF occasions,
and while his pals in crime have. been
taken in and given. usually. the lin
It OF the law, this postmaster in the
handling of nitro-glycerine. fuses. jim
mics. etc. has managed to skip to
other pastures green and there ply
his nefarious practices.
Barton has a checkered career and
his escape from the Greenville jail Is
not his frst sensational getaway"
He escaped from the Fulton County
JAIL AlAAnba, va = CYL dAty g AOVos WnItO
awaiting trial for the attempted bur
gIary CT the safe OF the Bank OF Snar-
on, Sharon, Ga. He was captured n
month later at Bessemer, Ala, brought
back to Georgia. was tried. e1nvtcred
and sentenced to eighteen wears .m-
prisonment fer the Sharon Job" He
was sent to the convict camp at Mil
ledgeville. Ca. from which he escaped,
with Andre Ford. another "yegg' du-
ring January. 1909. being captured in
Birmingham, March 1 this year, but
not before he had participated in
number OF other burglaries.
Barton. as William Ward" served
three years in the Atlanta Federal
prison for burglary of the post once
at woodbine, Ky.
Tennessee Dutch" was sentenced
for Ave years in Mississippi for bur-
eIary, but escaped from the Rankin
Farm" He subsequently served eigh-
teen months In a convict camp In
Georgia for setting fire to the Cwin-
cite County jail. at Lawrenceville. Ga.
while being held there on suspicion OF
having blown the post ONCE safe at
Carl. Ga.
While a standing reward of $500 is
paid bv the government for the capt
ure of safe-blowers. II is possible that
not less than $500 each will be offered
for the arrest OF Dutch" and Bar
fon