The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-27
SIX MEN ESCAPE
IRON lPORARY
COUNTY PRISON
DelIDery tGlas Made
Through Jail
Wir1doW

THE boldest jail delivery ever made
in N9riou cobnty look place last even
ing 6etween I'VE and six o'clock, Wits
~ men ESCAPED from a window OF the
temDoary prison in the basement OF
the court mouse. Those who escaped.
were:
ed with malicious cutting and being
lheIi 10 await the action Of the grand
Jury. HIS real name is thought to ne
Henri jackson and he Is wanted tor
committing a felony in Fayette coun-
ty. Pa. He d said to have served Two
terms in prison.
ELLSWORTH ROWE, leld for the
action oil the grand jury on cIlaTse
of being connected with forgery.
EMNETT ASFICRAFT, Of Chieftoni
arrested for throwing stone AT on
intermban car last Saturday at EV.
STANCE sACAvTNIC, Of Farming
ton charged with ndsdemeanor.
PETE GHEMISCo,. OF Mononsah,
charged with cutting.
Ebert BuSTCAT, OF Pennington,
CHARGED with misdemeanor.
william Jonhson, alias Henry Jack
som planned the delivery. He was
nreuared also to execute the plans.
He carried a small saw In the sole OF
lhis shoe and this was the instrument
nsed to sever the bar that gave them
AN exit from the jail. The bars that
closed the window are rather trail
only about five-eights OF an inch In
diameter. It was only matter OF a.
few minutes time for Johnson to make
the exit ready for the men that were
to 20 with ilim. 1t is said that ELS
worth Rowe had hand in the work
preparatory to the escape. To thWart
the work of bloodhounds which they
feared would be put on their ta1l the
men put quantities OF CAYENNE pepper
in their pockets TO scatter on tnelr
path.
livery nv bad been made was when
Watchnan T. F. Tucker came ON duty
about SIX o'clock last night Frank
MaFtino. an Italian, broke the 1ntelli.
eence. watchmanf Tucker notified
Sheriff Amos andk his deputies and
Prosecuting Attorney Tusca Morris.
The oficers got busy at once and
sought the recapture of the fugitives.
All the nearby towns were called up
and notified of the prisoners escape
In the meantime the IandesHarrEs
Tbloodtounds with a little difficulty
that Mr.. Lands found for The was not
at home when the officers: put in the
call for him. He was located in time
10 be on the job with his crest man
hunters by nine O'Clock when the
chase started.
When the dogs arrived at the Court
house they were given smell OF the
bed where Johnson slept. They were
then given the trail. The dogs start
ed on a run out Meredith street to
Jefferson down Jefferson to jackson
and up Jackson to Quincy, through
Quincy street to Pike street and down
this street FOR some distance until II
took across a back street and into
the feIIfls of this section OF the town.
Then the trail led through the hedge
fence into the Woodlawn Cemetery,
through the cemetery and down across
The Barns Brick Company's property
through the brick yard onto the road.
The trail then led down the road to
the old Jackson mines, back through
the country there through the old mine
settlements, out into the open fleIa
and down almost TO Buffalo creek to
UztoWn, down Uztown to the railroad
tracks in the yards.
At the railroad yards the dogs were
baffled somewhat. They ran up and
down the tracks some distance. 1t
was believed that johnson boarded the
train for Grafton.
At press time Ashcraft was the only
fugitive that had been captured. F. NJ.
King caught Ashcraft this morning at
six o'clock after foot race of four
miles. Coatless and hatess and with
out snoes. AshcraH led King and J. "a:
I.andis a merry chase from Hawk Nest
to Shprps Hollow. King and Lands
arrived at Asncraft's home this morn
ing at $3.50. hTey brought him to the
jail and he is now resting in a cell.
Chief Shoemaker went to Grafton to-
day to get Johnson, who Is said to be
there. The chief will be back on 3d..