The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-27
It Was 50 Easy.

1t Was 80 Easy.
Eight prisoners confined in the
Alexander county Jail, pending trial
of trivial charges, ranging from
burglary and larceny to murder, got
together and decided 1t would be
more to their respective tastes TO
look In from the outside rather than
10 gaze outward from the inside.
Thereupon the aforesaid eight pris-
oners, by certain illegal means, pro-
cured and sebtaanti certain steel
bar, three feet i'd length. The rest
was easy.
The eight prisoners, having pro-
cured the aforesaid steel bar, began
to search the walls of the cage for
a weak spot. Thanks to the keen
foresight Of the authorities, they
were able to find piece of steel,
which had been used to repair
leak in the cage &all, The
said piece of steel being in such con
dition that the prisoners were sue
cessful, after twelve hours of labor,
in prying open hole large enough
to permit their passage to the out
side.
After each and every one OF the
eight prisoners had forced his re-
spective persons through the afofe
said cage, 1t then became necessary
for them to remove the lock and
bolt of certain wooden door at the
end Of the corridor which surrounds
the said cage, This was accomplish
ed with divers blows of the steel
barr which rendered the aforesaid
door to splinters and the aforesaid
bolt and lock to junk After this
part of. the business Of escaping had
beesfaEcompllsbfd, the rest was
siimSfeN The efeart prisoners walked
to the door leading to the courthouse
yard, through which they passed to
freedom. After pausng long enough
to satisfy eight Unsuitable, but now
satisfied desires to gaze inward from
the outside, the prisoners ran, walk
ed, rode or meandered to parts I'M
known.
All CT the foregoing occurred in
the City of Cairo, in the State OF
Illinois on tho day and night of
Tuesday, June -. 1912 A. d. The
State can prove 1t. 1t has witnesses.
who will testify that the Jail break
occurred, as herein stated Explana-
tion
Before the jail break was so sue
cessfully executed there were twelve
prisoners therein. After the break
only four remained Did these pris-
onet$ remain behind because the
ja'ler would intercept their passage
ard prevail upon them to continue
as guests Of the County of Alexan-
DEL? Perhaps they did, and maybe
they remained behind because they
did not wish to take advantage of "a
tailer handicapped with such nm in
secure and uninhabitabe Jail.
At any rate, we rejoice In their
loyalty, because If it were not for
: them, we, or rather the authorities.
may never have known the break
had occurred. They should be re-
warded with an extra dish of stew.
lfs@ We have little respect for the
prisoners who escaped Real, bona
fida criminals would not even think
of trying to escape from jail thai
Is almost as easy to. break as an egg.
No, sir. a self-reapect;ng criminal
will oalv try to escaHe when cond.
IONS are in favor OF the Jailer. ia
escape from such Jail a. the Alex.
n an6er county jail is'not an honor II
IL \ d'scracc.
huwever, we thank the escaped
prisoners, in the name Of the PEG
re for not stealing the COURTEOUS
COW. We might have forgiven then
fnr ANYTHING else even for tn
thea e the courthouse, but VI
v-n-'d not have demanded vengeanc
Il II fhc Rad .lkel Bnssy along will
tfn-r To pa,ts unknown. Bossy /
d bride. and delight. She give
tsr -c.alnAorse such wholesome
\ r. snraarance. No. we neve
SC = hase forgiven them II the,
~ staken I;assy away, II 1t wer,
\ rf Arrswc would have nothinj
y u, aa.as u With pride when we pas