The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-04-06
"YEGGs" ESCAPE.
Tennessee Dutch and George Bar
ton Break Jail in Greenvil1e-Dy-
Mantle Floor Of Cell.

Barton, alleged yeggmen, arrested IN
Birmingham and brought here On
March 10, early this morning broke
jail and made their escape.
"Tennessee Dutea' has used many
aliases, among them being John Ruth
erford, John Hinkle, Jake Moore and
HGobbler. He is one Of the most
notorious crooks who has operated in
this country. His pal, George Barton,
is equally well known in police cir
cles.
The Watchman on duty outside the
cell says he does not know how or
when the prisoners left.
At the present term OF the federal
court Moore and Barton were to be
tried for tearing up the safe IN The
Pelzer postofhce. One year ago they
committed this daring act and South
Carol:nians in particular were pecu-
iarly interested in their capture. The
noise made by the explosion which
tore away the front of the safe at the
Pelzer government station awoke the
people Of the city, and when Ruth
erford and Barton were making their
"get away" in a buggy two pistol
shots were fired at them by man
who stood on the veranda of hotel
porch. Neither shot took effect.
Arrested in Birmingham.
They were arrested in Birmingham,
Ala, early in March and held for
the robbery at Pelzer. Postofice In
spector Gregory captured the two
men. He took them to Atlanta from
the jail of which they had once es-
capped, and United States Marshal
duncan Adams at Charleston was
~ lifted Of their arrest.
He wrote Sheriff Pool asking that
,>the men be kept safely here and say
ing that he would furnish guard at
the jail.
E. C. Carter, former arresting Of
ficer for the S. P. G., A. was delegat-
ed by the government to guard out
side of the jail, lest the yeggmen get
out Of their cells and away from con-
finement.
Deputy Sheriff Phillips lives in the
building, a part Of which is used for
the prisoners, and he, his wife and his
children we're ignorant until early
this morning that the notorious safe
blowers were not ready for their Sun
day morning breakfast. Carter was
on the outside, presumably. He did
not know, at any rate how or when
the men left.
The two men were Ill the same cell
one of the strongest cells in the
jail-and while Rutherford, the man
with the numerous aliases, had done
most of the talking to the outsiders,
it is supposed that Barton was at
work drilling a hole through the rock
floor. It is believed that an. umhrel-
la handle was used for drill. At
ter blowing the hole the men dropped
into the basement and made their es-
cape through the jailer's apartments.
A Notorious Yegg.
CARRIER Moore, alias John Ruther-
ford, alias John Hinckle, alias "Ten-
nessee Dutch" etc., is one of the
most notorius s'yeggs" in the his
tory Of the operations of profession
safeblowers in America and his pal,
George Barton, alias "Chicago Ar
N.Y." is almost equally notorious.
Each has a score of postoffce and
bank robberies charged against them.
S'Dutch' and Barton were arrest
ed at Birmingham the first Of March,
and Inspector Gregory, who was in
that section on a still hunt for the
pair, easily identified them, and he
took proceedings before the United
} States commissioner there to have
them held for the Pelzer job. Dutch
employed counsel to fight extraditlon
to South Carolina and even had his
attorney offer a reward for his
(Dutch's> return to Mississippi,
where ne escaped from the Rankin
! farm Of the Mississippi State peni-
Z tentiary while serving a five year
&sentence for burglary. His efforts,
#hovever, were unavailing, and the
3osvoffce inspectors had no trouble
N holding him for the Pelzer job
hong with Barton.
When arrested "Dutch" had in
lis possession $195 in money, a mil
ft& IL loo:o5 ~,