The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06
Howard E. Edwards Identi- fled by Warden as
 Jim Emory
WAS MEMBER OF THE DUNCAN-MILLER GANG
Believed in New Orleans That He Tried to Impersonate Edwards in Order to Escape-May
 Be Insane

Startling disclosures were brought to light yesterday morning in Birmingham as the result of telegram from New orleans concerning the identity of How- ard E. Edwards, the Louisville and Nash vile train bandit, when ex-Warden Travis of the Alabama State penitentiary yester- day morning in New Orleans identified Edwards as Jim Emory, who escaped from the convict camp of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company from the Pratt City coal slope, mine No. 2, in March, 1905 According to Mir. Travis, Emory dynamited his way out of the Pratt City prison in company with i've other prisoners and made his escape.
 When the news was received in this city yesterday officials of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company at once began an investigation concerning the escape in 1903. Superintendent of the coal mines, Edwin Ball, following this inves- tigation yesterday evening, made the fol- lowing statement: There Is now no doubt of the identity of Edwards as Jim En- ory, who escaped from the prison al mine No. in Pratt City in March, 1903 At llldl liilt liNt ONhNi PtiSchNAo pt'Ni''ls- ed to make good their escape with Emory but were shot down by the guards at the prison. A reward of s100 was offered for the capture of Emory. but until today we had received no news of his where abouts In the fight at the prison Emory was shot himself, and it was the general belief that he had died of his wounds"
 How Emory Escaped
 The story that was told yesterday of the convict's escape was as follows: On the night of March IS, 1903, Jail Warden J. P. Rodgers had gone to his home in Pratt City, as everything was quiet and orderly among the prisoners. About two hours following his departure the stevedores inside the .ail were thrown from their seats with the force of an awful explosion. An immediate investga- ton followed. It was found that Jim Emory, Tom Fay John Brewers, Rich Kennybrook and one other convict had blown out the side of the prison toilet and escaped into the jail yard. When the guards appeared the convicts hid themselves behind pile of timber ssld at tempted to dynamite them. The steve dores opened fire and shot and seriously wounded lNennybrOOk, Brewer ana tay In the darkness and the fighting Emors climbed over the prison wall and made good his escapf but not before he had been shot in the thigh. No news was heard of him until some time later word was received that he had been seen ir Woodlawn, but following that he utterly disappeared.
 All of the convicts who had attempted to effect their escape were members oi the Duncan Miller gang" that had pre- vious to that terrorized Birmingham anc vicinity with their lawlessness. It was for the dynamting of the Standard or company's plant in this city about tliat time that the gang was sent up. Two policemen had been shot and killed in the fight that followed the safeblowing and Duncan and Miller were both hanged for this killing
 At the time of the escape of Emor, from the Pratt City prison he had beer in the penitentlary on a sentence of 2 years for safeblowing, having been sent up from Mobile. John Brewer was In foi term of eight years on a charge o1 highway robbery and Kennybrdook fol grand larceny
 Edwards History
 Howard E. Edwards was sent up from Mobile at the same time as Emory ano on the same charge, safeblowing He was sentenced to 20 years at Flat Tor mines, operated by the Sloss-Sheffeld Steel and Iron cnmpanV Aboitf vao,