The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-17

Tho Ada Evening News Of Mouda.
says that a daring and pcrlousI.
| near success mi attempt at wholcsal,
jail delivery occurred Saturday nigh
in the county jail The main acto
y in the drama were Frank Scrib1,r
prisoner charged with complic.,
In two murdcrs-that Of his own w,f,
| and OF Putnam and Gowory L,o
night iail guard.
The story of the incident a. r.lar
I'D by Mr. Ice is substantially that
about g.l5 o'clock Saturday evening
when all was qulr' about the jar
and he was sitting In the front cor.
ridor. that serves rs jail office 20,
well as corridor. ne heard Frank
Scr.bncr say. Did you ever A.,
throwing mp your hands, Ice dId
mot oven turn around To- look ar
hr supposed 10 was merely sou'
"iullNug' uu the part of the pr ON.
ur The question was repeated. how.
.N.r and then leo turned round and
looked into The yoUuiur depths o.
t1o mulzIo of Winchester purp
shot guu and heard Scr.bnpr say
You mean b. Up with 'ra D.
\ud Lees hands won. mp good CO. q
HIGH since there seemed TO nr 20
other use to which he coulI ,pn.
yruicnny put them just at that al.
ticular time
Where's your pistol?" WIS hc
next question. which amounted 20 "a
command, and Ice said: "rll giy, Il
to You, Frank and started TO lower
his hands But Scribncr was tak.L
no such chances and ordered h'n
To keep his hands up. and higd up.
!. w. Brooks, who was being held
for officers of sherman TcX on
some minor charge, was In tho corr.
dor. the local officers not w1ntlnr
TO lock him up with the other pris.
oncrs In the cage. and Scribnar or
dercd him 10 take the gun from .ho
guard. Brooks obeyed.
Scribncr now demanded THAI T.,e
unlock the cage door and L., ,,
piled that he did not have the Keys
but asked Brooks 10 go TO the desk
In the corner OF the front corrdo.
and find the keys In drawer. He
hoped that Brooks would make a
holt through the open door of the
corridor and raise the alarm. nu.
Brooks seemed to be- too much scar.
I'D 10 do anything
la the mean Inn. L,c begged
Scribncr to not nothing rash nor 10
shoot and promised that h. would
open the door and allow him To 20.
hoping to delay matters as mucn
as possible aud that something would
occur to relieve the situation. Serb.
nor continued to order Lee to open
'hc door and the guard stepped to.
ward thy desk bu, instead of going
to &c stepped behind one of tn,
steel boxes on the front wall of the
Gag" n which are lho levers operat.
ing the cage doors Scrlbncr cou A
sec thr guards feet but couli nor
see his body Lee. from this cuyn..
then told Scribncr that ne wo,fi r.t
open the door But in this defiance
OF the desperate man ne had for.
soften one hing and THAI .v,s hat
the prisoner had his six shooter. Scrih-
ncr Withdrew the shot guu lpd ;tnn.
ping % the corner of the ",ail age .
reached through the small op.n.ny
through which the prisoners food 4,
passed, reached far around the ra.-
ncr of the cage and pointed "a, eun
~ the guard. Though FROM rn,
point Scuhucr could nor ,cr the
guard az All. ON account of the fac
.hat the wall between the cage and
he front corridor is solid ,t,l ,n.
stead OF bars. the guard could SEQ
he gun am right and could see thar
og thr gun to hr discharg,l v,u,,
b, very unhealthy for him So ne
old Srrihnor tha. hr was only Jolly.
ng and for him TO go 10 the door
ma be- would open the cage by
means of the levers in the box
Ncr.huor withdrew the pistol auo
topped TO the door. wien a wild
zap ior hfr and liberty Lee sprang
through the open door of the corri.
or and into the hallway of the I
our house. This was mo- Jockey =
ace and the time though not on. !
ilIN recorded lis guaranteed by Mr. ,
.'r to Doe mp tn the very highest
'st II tur ou'or door of corridor =
ma h"ru locked or oven temporarl. ,
2 fastened rhc guard could not have 4
'capod without being shot He p
ladc some little noise in ge;tins
way and incidentally gave out the
formation that the priSonars wcr,. =