The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-05-30
MORE PRISONERS
E5G.IIAB I { ER0N
NARIl!.l!IL|!.l.g JAIL
SAW tine BARS AND MAKE eETA-
WAY'NHiLE BAND S LIVE
zL-Y TUNE AND WOMAN SOCIAL
lsT SPEAKS.
GHERGEBNITHNII9RlEENGEs
SEEM IMPOSSIBLE 10 PREvENT
DELIVERIES IN nv
FRAlL sTRucTu RE IA ERtFF IS
AFTER FuGITlVEs.


Last evening shortly tier clock
three more prisoners escaped from The
old insecure Marion county iail and
made a clean getaway. They are Ed-
ward McDiifitt, whose home ls q
Marpinptou; George pouglas ana
Ralph Rsctardsen. both 20 Elarnilie-
ton. All wore sent tn; prison FOR SIX
mnrtNs zach on canyintleti yiolRts
sne the.JrNnscn nist9l tntiIlR q y aiid
bnd served nut hnt hal ttelI ine
The oscape was niades BY sfiEiIle the
barsnf the south window IN two ard
breakipg larse heavy lass WINDOW
There we're n prisonegs b. ne cnEri'
dor OF Inc tirne aud the frl tority lf
.leca men would doubt lefs eye made
thew .npcane iE m. GTSuGst 8anl B Z.
r"nnipgbam had mt been passlne
thrcvch the alley af The lime WIZ,
rrshed il the window stoppirie several
otber rrlsorars who were settiFig ready
10 snrinp throngh tl,e 1peniiies
" tseaId by several men nov IN tlie
,qil that the Saving at the lars had
hoon in nrceress for the srSsst three
davs and that the men waited Ior an
onrnrtnna time ~ malfe tlteir escfpe
for thav knew that the llais1 dirpcfly
oeross the narrow alley would nraeiics
last eaeping AND when i was nlaslug
a lively airy and a large nrawa was IN
rrout ~ the cnfirt l,HNse Iisfeninr n
Misc plrer! tbe sasiaI III orator fhrv
hroka ont. sraeInbh NJ the hand isilf-
I'd lest niphf that he bard shFd inst lln,
tghed plsping a trns hey heard
the 5hrAaking Of Glass api hey yan t.
,4he Windows: seetua three men run
|: +, ,is5SWith aii speed Gown lie allrv-
tThe Nrss6fars p, I'D heir escnne iiF
sowing two hats HI tsgp AZ 4 hrnnlng
4h.,, back, Just large alio,lsll tpal ~
nrdinary man could ppll himself
through,
men secured the saws wi Filiel they
sawed the bars for pre- many
nersons to talk With The pflsoners
from tho alley each dlly and en- hand
them anything. It IS impossible for
Tailor Tucker to watch the ptison ifoIi
the rearand attend to Ills dutles u she
front Though there have been many
escapes from the temporary joy dir
ing the past two years No direct blame
can berlghtly attached to8 him. q slie
new jail had been coinpleted ~ the
specified time 1t Is not likely that slle
| last tyn Deliveries would have been
made.
AS soon as the prtsbners eaeapea
Sheriff Amos and several depus
ties began work, assisted W the local
police force, The city Wa i1forgllly
secured all night and every place in
the ralIus Of 100 miles ol Fairmont
was telephoned to watch fol the tlgi'
tives.
The fail Is not the most anitaiy
place lnthe world and foi tllat reason
the prisoners are permitte d 20 temall
out Of their cells as long as possible
in the evening that they might get
fresh air coming through The alley
windows.
This makes six prispt ol Mar on
county to have made theif escape tliln
week, three from the local lsand the
same number from the Harfison COIN
ty jail at Clarksburg when early Mon.
day morning, as mentioned ~ the
West vIrginian last evening Fhese
prisoners we're taken there Tor they
were desperate men and 81 was ed
that thav would hraak OH F0i ie Ma.