The chronicle=news., 1913-07-22

Sealing tn. rugged Interior walls
of the county jail nnd removing =;
huge. pond"rous stone ON IN" south
wall. seven prisoners shortly after
io:30 this afternoon executed dnr.
Ing escape from the county laii by
Crawling through III" aperture mad"
by the removal of the stone the sew
en- men slid twenty fee, To III.
xround by means Of tn" rope, and
made their getaway without being
observed. SIX of tho men were
awaiting trial In the next term of the
district court and one. Jose Martin.
cx. WAS serving n sentence Of 30 days
foi larceny.
TIL" escape waS carefully planned
and carried out. Some OF the mon
had undoubtedly been ni work for
days and nights inos.ning tn. sson"
rh" dry moi tar that held the stone
In place In tn. wall had been scrnpcd
away, II required considerable
work to tcmoy. the stone which wBg
forced out finally. On. by on. tn"
men scaled the inside wall and
slipped through the hole. The dcs.
cent Was easy.
The crashing OF the stone was the
signal OF alarm. By tn. time tha,
the njiicr could reach the Scnc 10
Investigate the men had made good
,ho!r .esrapS. what direction the
fuRttivea took no ono knows. II is
presumed they scattered To the four
directions. In n short time Sheriff
GrIsham. t'ndcrsh.iIn Martin. jail
ar Mccartney and Ia full force oi
deputies wcr. detailed in the search.
Volunteers were pressed into ser
vice and the country In all dircc-
tions is bcins secured. Early this
auernoon Hugo Palmer and th.,
trailer hounds took up the. chnsc.
The escape WIS executed during
the quic, noon hour. Just before the
time OF feeding tn. prisoners. and
during the time that the workm.n
engaged In the construction Of III.
new court housc were catin. their
lunches. They reached til. ground
by dropping in the shadow OF tn.
county building and apparently made
their way to the alley from whence
they spread out.
| It was the mos, clcvcrly executed
long time that the county jail has
stood. In time past several have
broken Jail, some by squeezing out
from an upstair cell and dropping To
the sidewalk. one walked ou, an
Iopen door of the shcriffs office on.
night. and few months ago two
Rwaiting trial escaped by the south
window by prying loose bar. II Is
the opinion of all who inspected IN.
must have been at work on the stone
|placc of escape TO-DAY that the mcr
for some time. probably weeks. and
the results Of their industry was new
or noticed by the jail authorities.
Descriptions OF the rugitivcs have
been given by III" sheriff to deputy
shcriffs and others who volunteered
to join in the man hunt. GeorSc
Ellsworth Is one OF the men whI
ljoncd in the search this afternoon
Two OF the escaped prisoners are
lover six feet in height and Will b.
leasily recognized. Only moagre de-
scriptiou has been obtained OF the
tothcr five owing to the incomplete
manner in which the prisoners are
booked at the county jail.
The escape of the men created a
sen sation. The news quickly spread
tfrom lip to lip and ear to ear and the
Slocal police force were instructed "a
keep sharp lookout for the men
bft is believed that the men struck
|out for the hills and will keep out OF
sight of the officers until darkness
sets in.
shortly before 2:3O this afternoon
VIII Griffith, one of the prisoners
who escaped from the county jail.
was captured near Grey Creek by
Undersheriff Zeke Martin. Griffith,
who IL one inch over six feet, was
Immediately recognized by the offic.