Bisbee daily review., 1913-06-26

his own bunk. Lewis placed them over the charge of powder and touched the fuse He then ran into the next
 room. closing the door behind him.
 The explosion tore out the window
 grating and a psrt of the concrete wall. leaving plenty of room for him to go through. The force of the sN- plosiCn vas outward and tore a several foot hole in the boari fence Imm"
 diately after the explosion he fled
 None of the other prisoners attempt
 ed to follow The mattresses caught
 fire and were put out 1y the remain
 ing prisoners. The explosion was
 heard up town and the light made Sy
 the turning mattresses was seen. Deputy Sheriff Graham had just -one
 10 bed when be was called with the information that the jail wss on fire. After ascertaining what had happened at the jaiI. he pboned for an auyomo-
 bile and upon it's arrival . minutes later started for Naco. At that pcint he installed the aid Of Johnny Newell and others and they made a thorough
 search of the town Determining that
 Lewis had not reached there, Graham decided 10 spread the search ouc tC-
 ward Warren ranch and was start ing that way when he saw Lewis csN- | ing in sight down the railroad track.
 Lewss surrendered without resist ance and was brought to Bisbee and placed in the branch county iail He had been about ? hours wahnkg from Lowell Yesterday afternoon he ad-- mitted 10 Graham that he had fired | the explosive and laughingly told how he had handled the job. That it was l handled from the inside was conclu- I sive form the fact of the mattresses being fired and it was this th9J brought the admission from Lewis He had first figured on blowing the iSck | oa the door between the room he oc- Icupied and the general prison room in order 10 get away from proximity to the larger explosion. On investi- gating the lock. however, he fouTG lit was defective and was saved the
 trouble of using his powder there. Lewis declines to say anything what ever about where he go. ne powder. When taken at Naco, Lewis was serached for weapons. None were found but secreted in his clothes was S2g0 in bills. Whether he had this money before or whether all or part 1 of it was passed to him by whoever assisted him to powder with which Y to make his escape, is unknown. On ths subject or any other with regard | tu friends he may have, Lewis vii! inct talk
 Among effects of the man rouLd | Iyesterday it is understood there were ev: :Gesces indicating that he came here from Colorado. although he denies itbis. It was further iHJima.sd last In:ght that his case had been taken lup with police authorities elsewhere land that it might be foun1 that he had lbeen implicated in anOsheE place in ltrouble similar 10 that in which he tnOw is. Also it Is understood that IDenuty Sheriff Graham IS making a very thorough investigation a5oui Howell to determine whether there nay have been anything wrong about lattention paid by Lewis to other Low ell children.
 1 Just before opening of .he hearins in Justice Smiths court SesterLay aft | teraoon, the Wilson chiid came in and Iyyas taken to an ante rooU:, where hel l1te. ement was taken by steuosra 5h
 CT for the assistant district attorney l in his presence and tha- of Deputy
 GraEan When court was called th' . attorney added to the sensatiCnalisT attending the case by mCTing that tht
 court room be cleared of al srecta tors and newspapermen. The cocrl ani Attorney Ross for the defense dic
 not agree that the removal Of Et InewsLapermen was a proccc ling tba was necessary, but the newspapc-meI :. relie- ed them of the embarrassment
 brought up by the attorney ny goin; |. out. The hearing was aluenu! tber suG closed doors, the mother of th' girl Oe.ng the only person even amor: witnesses summoned who wLs not sen , out. The girls testimony was rope
 titior of the statement she gave t' the stenographer.
 The excuse of the district attorne
 fo- aiking proceedings DeEiad cIosei doors was that the girl might b. . Frightened and unable te; he~ stci. : iin iA. presence of a crowd.