The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-27
VAGS' FLEE AS
DEPUTY SHOOTS
Five Prisoners Doing Time on
Chain Gang Make Their
Escape Under Fire.
CONFINED IN PAST HOUSE.;
PICK LOCK AND DECAMP
Leader Is Recaptured by Deputy
Sheriff Dew Only to Escape a
Second Time for keeps-One
Man Wounded by Deputy.

Amidst "A fullisade of shots from
the revolver of Deputy sheriff James
! Dew five state prisoners who were
serving time in the county Jail and be
| ing worked on the chain gang, took to
| their heels ana made good their es-
cape Monday afternoon about
O'Clock
The names of the escaped men fol-
low: w. t. Lenard Joe Brady.
Frank Rand, Albert Waldorf and Jim
Whalen. Two other prisoners in the
squad chose to remain on the Job
rather than take chance with the
dying band after the deputy began
hostilities. They were both turned
loose Tuesday.
Dash Means Liberty
The crew were being used to clear
M the debris near the isolation hos
pital shortly after noon Monday when
Lenard, one of the prisoners, who had
purposelY gotten away from the cen
ter o fthe crowd, ma de desperate
dash for liberty. and before the
deputy could bring his Colts into nc
ton the fleeing man had gained the
headed in the direction of Old Town
Locks Gang In Pest House.
Deputy Dew hurriedly locked the
balance of the crew In the pest house
and made off after the rapidly disap-
pcaring fugitive. The chase was
hot one for the first mile. but upon
entering Old Town the prisoner saw
that the Iong-lcggcd officer was gain
nj 81 tod hi
himself under n building.
After coming upon the man the
deputy started back with him to Join
limprovised bastile. the door was wide
open and four OF the prisoners were
no place to be seen. Two of tho men
whose time was up Tuesday had
chosen to remain in tho lookup and
take chance with the contagious
disease germs In preference to rum
ming the gauntlet with the denutv's
rapid fire Colts ready for action.
| Pest House Locked Again.
The rccaptured prisoner was placed
| in the pest house with the two re
naming men and the deputy set out
in search of the four fugltves, After
hot footing II over the hills for the
better part Of an hour the deputy
came upon the escaped prisoners and
opened fire upon the squad. afta"
| they had refused to regard his COM
mand to halt
Then the chase began in earnest,
but it did not last long. for the men
scattered in every direction and while
the bewildcred deputy was attempt
| ing to figure out which man to at
tempt to catch tho four disappeared
and tho man hunt was over. Dew is
of the opinion that at least one of his
shots took effect. as upon rcconnioter
| ing he found traces Of blood on the
ground in the direction that one o.
| the men was last seen to disappear
behind hill
Second Escape Effective.
Upon giving mp tho chase and re-
turning 10 the emergency lookup the
door was again standing wide open
and Lenard, the man who made the
first break. was again among tho
missing Like upon the former occa
sion the two AndorSons We're quietly
J rcposing upon the floor and when
questioned by the deputy as to how
the third prisoner had effected the
delivery the mon Informed Dew that
Leonard had the lock "picked' ana
was ready TO leave before the deputt
was ont of sight ON hrs pursuit Of the
four that had gone i'm a crowd.
Dew SAYS that he WIS lArkiug ir
both ammunition and leg power q
again take mp the trial, So he gave tn"
"forWard march" signal to tho two
mon who had chosen to remain "S
guests of the county and the trio re-
ported To- tho Jail I'M tlmo for supper