Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26
PRISONERS ESCAPE
GEORGETOWN JAIL
Men Burn Holes Through Floor And
Make Their Escape. Schools Will
Close About June 10th. Trout
Plentiful At Georgetown.

State Detective Walls of this tow
brought George Hudson, colored, age
81 years, and John Hill, white, age
about l9 years, who were taken into Gus
tody by Patrolmen Dutton and Fox il
Wilmington on Monday of last weel
charged with burgularizing the home O
H. w. Kirk, a railroad engineer. at Del
mar, the Saturday night previous during
the absence of the family and CARRYING
away two suits of clothing, one pair o
shoes, one ladies' gold watch, one gent
gold chain and fob, one ladies locket.
hand-grip and a lot of silverware anC
other articles, here last Thursday nigh
and lodged them i'll the Sussex count,
Jail where they will be held for court aft e
being given a hearing before Justice o.
of the Peace William A. Warrington to.
morrow or Saturday The hearing would
have been conducted last Friday, but had
to be postponed because of the absence OF
State Detective Walls who is attending
court at Dover. After stealing the nu
merous articles at Delmar the two pro-
ceeded to Cannon, a village about three
or four miles north of Seaford, where
they entered the passenger station and
stole quantity of whisky left there for
the night and a cOat-sweater belonging
to the station agent. The sweater, which
was a red one, has been identified BY the
agent of that place. The store of !. r.
Fleetwood at Cannon was also entered
and a number of shirts and pairs of gar
ters carried away. State Detective Walls
last Thursday night had in his possession
the suitcase which the men carried with
them when captured in Wilmington, and
upon opening it, Mr.. Fleetwood, who
had been in Wilmington, identified the
articles taken from his store. The pris- |
Oners were taken to Ellendale and carried |
to the store of David Henry Reed where |
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed identified the men as |
the ones who were in their store making
some small purchases prior to the COM
mitting of the deed that night. They
recognized some of the jewelry that had
been taken from their store and also some
shoes as we'll as the silverware which was
procured from their home. quantity
of collar buttons were also taken from
the Reed store. The Reeds told State De-
tective Walls that the men, who no doubt
were the ones who entered their home.
gained entrance by means of window
which had been left up for the night.
The Reeds we're asleep at the time and
were not awakened and knew nothing of
the loot until the next morning when
they noticed things were haphazzard in
the lower rooms. The men, who were }
taken off the first train due here about
$50. at Glendale, so that the Reeds
might identify them if possible, were l
brought down on the 80 and carried to S
the Jail here. While on the way here an b
ex-sheriff of Snow Hill, Md, happened y
tobe in the same car with State Detective S
Walls and the prisoners. He identified d
HudsOn and told Detective Walls that he e
was desperate character and had been c
thefts for years. The former {
Snow Hill officer stated that Hudson had n
served two years at that place for the lar q
oeEy Of bicycle, and four years in the a
for breaking a mans jaw Il
bone during an alteration. The Mary o
ander did not disclose his name to State II
Detective Walls. Detective Walls states D.
hat he has been informed that Hill had G
erveG time at Trenton, but upon what Il
:harge could not be learned at this time. CT
James B. Hudson, of near Ocean View, d d
S said to be an aspirant for the nomina- -
ion of sheriff on the Republican ticket, -
ubject to the decision of the county con- =,
ertion. 4
Improvements have been made to the m
occupied by W. l.. Lowe, M
II Market street a,
Opposition to the dupont road in this &C
ounty seems to be growing less each tn
az aud tias only objections seems to be al
N the road is not wide enough. The
rr.rt strip near the Sussex County Aims &C
Use by a majority of the people is con- Ii
4, ,,ered 10 be completed piece and as it al
not up to requirements of the Boule- hs
ird Act in that it is not thirty feet wide to
lere's where the opposition lies. Those he
.esn~ =
)r Mr.. dupont to come out openly and nC
tate the width he intends 10 build the til
bad, and then there is every reason to to
elieve that nine-tenths of the opposition III
ould be removed. From what can be s.;
armed the strip is only a test piece and he
such does not have to meet the re. til
1irements of the Act; but the opposi- tn
onists have conceived the idea or have Sh
zen misiuformed that It is a sample of he
lie road that is to be built the entire tn
myth of the State, not taking into con- he
deration that Mr. DUPONT will have to wi
eet his obligations as specified in the pr
Law. More and more are the wi
sople of Sussex coming to realize what ho
loss it will be TO the county should op- wa
atoms be suspended for all time. The tn,
hiding of the test piece and the thu
her work that has been done prepara- lar
~ to the actual road construction has
cant hundreds of dollars to the several -
of the town. One clothier -,
IS realized about FIVE. III
The residence of Mrs William H.
lrton, on Railroad Avenue has been re-
ired within the past few days. A
Repairs are being made to the interior o'
the drug store of DR.. John II. Ham
ond. Ove
Frank Rogers, who about three weeks sto
o left for Philadelphia, having located nm m
relatives in that city by means of let otb 81
rs published in the city papers, has re- Bor
rned here where he expects to remain. d..
le young man says city life has no n,
arms for him, and that 'he hereafter Che
lnts to breathe the fresh air of old Sus- Cas-
x county" Frank says there is too b
ich hustling and bustling for him, and
at he could not get acquainted with the n
ople like he can in the Sussex towns. ~
A Japanese mi ssionary gave a lecture
missions at Sand Hills NJ +. Church Snpp
ar miles from this town, Sunday He Unt
IS secured through Rev. L. B. Morgan ar ar
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