The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-18
ARCHIE ST. PETERS
NOW AT WINDSOR
Tried To Escape From Newfane
Jail Friday.
NE AND cAsxINs PRIED LOOKS
But Gave Up Their Attempt for Some
Unknowu Reason-Jailor Benson Dis
covered Evidsaees Of tho Attempt
Saturday Morning.

Archie ~, frters, ALIAS G-og. Jelly
hor.e thief. jail breaker aud allmund
crook, who Mas recently r-cap,ut-d and
taken iiom Dover, \. H., Ia Newiane Jail.
!. ~ cell al the state prison at Windsor
and VIII doubtless rrnain there Tor some
time. TIN Feb. y, he was brought from
Dover \. H., by sheriff Arthur n.
| Thompson, ~ q iugiiis. from justice aud
PLACED IA N-wiane jail Ia await trial al the
April term Of Winlham county court ON
eharge Of stealing a horse from ID. 4. Boyn.
ton IA South Londonderry IN December,
les, Somc time Friday night al early
Saturday morning -. Peters md another
prisoner. Edward Caskins, attempted To
make their escape from the jail by prying
oil the locks Of their oclls aud also the lock
irom the grating that SEPARATES the com
dor irom th. large exercising room Of the
institution. They evidently became fright,
.ned aud gave up the plan. and returned To-
their cells, Jailor NJ. I. Benson disooy,
erred the broken locks Saturday morning
and the men were kept under strict sur
selllancc until Monday morning when >her
III Thompson took them to Windsor for
safer keeping
During the day FRIDAY the men obtained
acccss Ia onr Of the unoccnpied oells aud
wnnohed oil cham used IN hanging the
cot 10 the cell wall They also removed
the beg OF small table Both cham and
table lrg wcI. concealed in either the cell
Of II. Peter OF Caskins aud after the men
had been locked up lot the night Friday
Que Of them adjusted the chain about the
lock oi hi cell and with the table leg used
IN the form oi = lever wound up the chain
and wrcnched the lock free. 1, was easy
To appl, III. same methods To III. other
cell aud both men were able Ia dcyot. their
attention Ia the lock an the door leading
from the large Jail room Ia the corridor. In
some manner the bars were pried apart 10
allow taskins to get into the corridor.
but -. Peter was unable Ia crawl through |
the opening into the corridor aud Caskns |
crawled back into the large room and both |
men returned to then cells aud pulled the |
door together, fixing the bolts on the locks |
IN such way that the jailor would not sus'
pect that anything was wrong However, |
Mr. Benson discovered early saturday |
morning that AN attempt had been made to
break Jail and went AT once To the cell> OF
II. Peter. and Caskins, finding the locks
in the condition described Both men de-
MED knowing anything about the matter.
but Mr.. Benson was satisfied that no one
-lse was responsible for the attempt TO
bledh tlincI III Ut out pl ldli, anu HollHeu II
Sheriff Thompson who came from Bellows
Falls Monday and took both men 10 Wind
.or where they will he kept until their eases
ire disposed OF at the next term OF county II
curt.
Since 1t. Peters was placed in Jail ON
Feb. % Jailor Benson has searched hi,
ell every day and kept strict watch of
lie man, knowing that he was somewhat
II an expert in Jail breaking. St Peters
made his tlrst escape from Newfane jail
Nay 10, 1909. in company with a prisoner
Iamed G.. III. Streeter and was taken into
ustody by New Hampshire officers and
ent TO jail at Dover some time last fall
pom his release he wa, turned over to
herif Thompson and brought back to
'ermont