The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-05-28
GROVES HAD OUT
Side ASSISTANCE
So Says Jim Johnson a Eel
low Prisoner.
To be Outlaws in Kentucky Noun
tains Their Plans Accor-
ding to Same Authority.

jim johnson, the coHoped man who
has been in the Ohio county jail for
the past several weeks for breaking
into the genseug garden Of Mr.. F. w.
Pirtle and Sons and who plaetlsi gull
-ty OF said charge on Tuesday OF this
week tells a remarkable Story OF the
escape of Lige and Roy Grove fcom
the Ohio county jail on May 18th.
He says that they were from the time
he was placed in jail until they made
ithetr escnpe suspicious OF him and re-
ifused to talk in his presenoe=exoept
when they thought he was asleep. A
few days after he was placed In the
JAIN he heard them Inquire OF Bill
Duke who is also in jail, if the ne
gro was asleep and Bill TO assure him
self went to the negroes cell and called
to him. He feignad to be asleep and
did not answer, wheTeupon tse Groves
at that arb subsequent times discuss
ed at length the manner of their es-
cape from jail. He says they he'd two
steel saws when he was placed in jail
and the hole cut in the oage was AL
cut at that time except two bars.
These he says were cut ire hast day
or two that the Groves remained in
Jail. He says that some party FROM
the outside who he describes from
seeing him IN the dark several yariss
from tire jail as being a man in size
between Roy ard Lige Grove. He
says he arrived at the Jail short
wl,t.e after msdaight OF 1Iay 18th, and
gave notice OF his presence by WRIST
ling, upon hearing it, Roy Grove
remarked there is that guy now"
Roy at once busted himself in final
completion Of cutting the hole through
the cage bars which he did within thir
ty or forty minutes after the arrived
of tia party. After this was doaie
Lige and Roy made their exit through
tie cage and instructed the outside
party how to force the cap off tie
flue hole in the corridor Johnson says
this was effected by plaGg a pole
from the floor up against the cap, a
prize pole bs.ng applied to the lower
end of the upright pieoe. After the
cap WAS gohoon of a rope resembling
a p,ow line was handed up to THE
Groves by means OF pole which they
drew through the cage bors Astting
both ends reach toward tho floor be-
low. They first drew up the ends of
then Lige sid down the rope then
Roy followed. Trey then drew The
rope out of the Gage bars and took 1T
away with them. SEATING that rhey
did not wish to leave 1t as jailsr
Nssaer would be using 1t in few day
as a piow Nue. They lett going out
the pike all three walking. But 1t Is
the belief Of johnson that Some mean
of conveyance was nearby as he hsnrd
Roy remark to L,ge that 1t would be
good for him DE- their outside assas-
tahce arrived, as he (ige) could not
walk well nor very far. U.s.,
johnson says that their plans were
to remain a few days in Rough creek
bottoms AID then go to the noun
tains OF eastern Kentucky, where they
said they intended to become out lawts
or be out hws duning tine sremslirter
of their lives. Johnson has no idea
as to who the peetyswthe, sssiseedf on,
the outside is or as to where he rnms
from, but he Is poslfiye OF the flot'
that he came in aeoosdapos4with pre-
vtous arrangements between himsef
aud the ouowes.0 OF, course ilrel does
not know how the arrangeaentsiwere
effected, but he. Is certain itaats they
existed .i-ss s-nJT x-ssy
At another time johnson reealied
that the Groves said-thes tatvBded
going TO Monroe county. KY. n,
= AS to how much IL any, OF inns
Svtory is trues we era not able to
state, but It Is no doubt a fact thaf
,aas knows something about the man
'fner In which the Groves made their
esape and TO where they were going.
But as 30 whether what he says Is
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