The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-26
PRISONERS
BREAK JAIL
sEARs OVER WINDOWS SAWED
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4 county prisoners were transferred from
Z the old county jail before 1t was torn
u sdfwn 10 Ethe farmers room in the
,aaenentsof;thee court house was made
last night at3eie!lt O'clock under SIM.
Z lar refrcumstane.s that the first deiiv.
Etrys was made. In the delivery last
4 night Rusneil ,smalIwood, charged w.:h
4 committing and uttering forgery, and
3 Frank Galliher, who is charged with
4 stealing an overeoat. escaped from the
county penal institution.
5sSss The girls at the exchange Of the Con-
,5sniidated Telephone Company no.itiet:
the police station that delivery was
being made. Chief Shoemaker, Water
Commissioner James e. Morgan and
aoHeer Waldo hastened to the rear OF
the: jail and reached the exit just as a
5eolorcd man had let his anatomy fall
from the window to the :>y alley be-
low "A This man was promptly arrest
led and was conducted to the jail.
sheriH Amos ard his deputies were on
the spot as soon as IL was possible for
Sthem:to get there after they were no
titled that the men were escaping from.
TIM Jail.
Immediately officers were, scattered
IN every direction to see II ..1y trace
aot the refugeesseould besaotten. Con.
stable haa. w 4 a~k;,s was sent TO
sAnuit and returned coming through the
railroad yards. smallwood was rail.
{ roader and II Was thought that posi-.
! nty he might be lettering down
about the yards. Hawkins saw many
men that know smalIwood but they
/ did not see anything Of him last night
4 Deputy sheritfs Thomas F. Tucker
and Charles Bartholow went to Rives-
vile and worked back to the city
Their search was a fruitless one. Chief
! Shon1axer watched the freight trans
that pulled through BarnsviIle for a
considerable length Ct time but re-
turned empty handed.
The Landis-H H arris btoodhounds were
put on the trial: at nine O'Clock and fol-
lowed the men from the Jail OUT Mere
sdith street to Monroe street to Jack
son street down jackson street to
Cherry avenue and out the avenue over
Sthe hills TO Barrackvii,>. man an
ssWering the description of smaIlwood
boarded a car on the Fairmont ana
I'M annington railway. THE hounds had
straiied the men as far as they had
travelled on foot and there was moth.
ing more for them to do.
believed that the delivery had
fbeen planned for: some time. On Mon.
4 day night the telephone girls notified
the police station that something TN
usual was going en- at the Jail. Chief
J; Shoemaker nass a careful inspection
from the outsldo of the prison but
could not see anything that indicated
there was anything out OF the usual
trend at the Jail. The pr.,onere were
lin & habitsof getting In the windows
and looking out 10 see what was goln1
On on the streets. No report Of this
RWaa made to the sheriff.
i..5 u is thought that Mrs. snalIwocd
put the prisoners in the possession of
the saw that was used to sever the
/ bars that screened the jail windows.
Every effort is being made to catch
this refugees and the officers are con.
itident that they will soon be brought
$hack3to serve more time.