The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-01-16
MURDERER MADE
A BOLD ATTEMPT
TO MAKE ESCAPE
YOUNG WHITE MAN HAD
REACHED CORRIDOR WHEN
HE WAS DISCOVERED.
Taylor Had Succeeded in Cutting Bars
10 His Cell and Was Ready to At
tack ,JsiIer With !<nife in Order to
Make His Escape.
Having sawed the iron bar.

Having sawed the iron bars
murderers' cell, in which he was con-
fined, and, standing in the corridor
ready to attack the jailer when he
appeared, in order to make his es-
cape, F. T. Taylor, the young Appling
county murderer, in Glynn jail for
safekeeping, was discovered just in
the nick of time yesterday, and the
discovery probably saved the life or
serious injury of Jailer Lowe and the
escape of the young white murderer.
Taylor has been occupying the muir
derers' cell of the new Glynn Jail
ever since the building has been occu-
pied by Sheriff Berrie, he being
brought there from the old jail. The
convicted murderer was brought to
Brunswick from Baxley three CT four
months ago, after he was convicted Of
a most cowardly murder and sentenced
to die on the gallows
He has, however, been a good pris-
oner, never giving the sheriff or the
jailer the least trouble, but his bold
dash for liberty yesterday morning
will cause closer watch to be kept
on him hereafter.
Prisoners, Made Discovery.
Prisoners in a cell on the first floor
of the jail, under the one occupied
by Taylor, heard a peculiar noise dur
ing the early hours yesterday morn
ing At first they paid but little at
tention to it. The noise continued,
however, and the jailer was notified
He being alone in the jail at the time
telephoned to Sheriff Berrie and the
police barracks and both the sheriff
and Assistant Chief of Police Wilchar
responded
Open Knife Hidden.
Taylor had crawled through the
bars of the cell, which he had sue
ceeded in saving. ana was in the
corridor of Tue Jail, ready to attack
the first person who opened the large
steel door to enter the corridor That
he was prepared fer desperate
struggle in order to make his escape
was best evidenced by the fact that
sticking in his shoe was a knife, with
a blade three or four inches long, open
and ready for use. 1t is believed that
the man had made up his mind to
escape even if it were necessary to
murder the jailer in order to do so.
AS soon as he was discovered by the
officers he was relieved Cf the knife
and locked in another cell.
Sheriff Berrie and Jeiler Lowe are
both at a loss to understand where
young Taylor secured the saw with
which ne did the work and the knife
which he had hidden in his shoe.
There has not been person in his
cell in weeks, and there was no pos
sible way for the articles to have
been slipped in to him. Sheriff Berrie
stated that a few weeks ago rela-
tives of the young murderer came
down from Arpling county, but each
of them was searched before being
permitted to see Taylor. It is be-
lieved, however, that they had the saw
and knife secreted somewhere about
their person and delivered them to
Taylor
Young Taylor was convicted Of way
laying and numbering d prosperous
Appling county farmer, by whom he
was formerly employed. He was SEN
fenced to hang, but his attorneys
made application for new trial. No
action has ever been taken on the
petition and the man mas been kept
in the local jail.