The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-21
EIGHTEEN PRISONERS FAIL
TO BREAK WAY INTO JAIL
Released To Jersey Town Beat the Yankees They AreDe
serted In His Excitement BY Deputy Failing
a..+ to Find Him They Try to Break In

wa sssssE &
- - Newton n J.. June 20.--When a
~. LEGAL . baseball team yesterday after
noon beat the New York Yangees by
a score of TO all Newton went
wild. The crowd streamed acres
the Baseball grounds the moment the
yss last man was out and started for the
~-srowntcwn section with the purpose OF
@-sseeaehraung properly, and all the stalu
burghers OF the town were pounding
each other on the back. ana fhsistihs
that II was glorious victory ami that
everybody ought to be proud OF the
ss~-horap ream.* ~"s~
During the excitement it was OBJ
. served that a number of men were
ing FOR Albert r. Lyons. deputy sheriff
Of Sussex County He had been seen
in the front row Of the grand stand
during the latter part of the game
cheering until his throat was dry ana
supporting his home team with all the
ytgor OF a large yoca buiary and a
husky pair of lungs. But after the
game Lyons couldn't be found. ne
had gone downtown to celebrate with
the first messengers of victory, and
gradually the crowd faded away until
- there was nobody left on the ball
g&1f lsid hut the men who were looking
etv~aaA prisoners OF County Jail.
~S9a They were the prisoners at the
county Jail, eighteen in number. ana
- thew hah been among the most IN
terested spectators at the game. Or
q irfnaiiy. of course there had been no
-s-~fffi1ehtf6n Of disrnfssing Jail for the
afternoon despite the fact that Su$
sex rounty is noted or its kind treat
IA emf Of its prisoners, but when Sher-
st~a'if wilson found that the schools ana
the factories and stores we're all CLOS
ing SO that their inmates could go
go OFT to sec the big boys from the big
cffy play BAN he decided that hs would
--whsSe Is go too so he left Deputy
Lyons in charge of the eighteen pris"
oners. Lyons got enthusiastic zoo,
when he sa w the crowds trooping past
on the way to the game; and as
he could not 20 to the game ana
leave the prisoners unguarded he H.
nally told them to come along and
sssser 81 wasse psss sire county 'pe~
When they reached the field Lyons
forgot about the prisoners, and the
prisoners forgot about Lyons. They
had no interest except in watching the
s~ fffings the local players were doing
10 the Yankees. and when the game
was over the sheriff and his deputy
sntfcfget there were any prisoners at
~ alb So when at last the eighteen
~ prisoners got together and realized
~ that they had been deserted, they
decided that they would have to go
downtown and look for AL.
eft.exk Al Had Disappeared.
sesus But Al was nowhere to he found,
asT The prisoners formed IN line ana
- marched down Main Street, with a
x-sflanfing party out To scout along the
gssss side thoronEhfa but there was no
rtgn of their custodian. Meanwhile
> thew had picked upaaiong the line OF
.ssTlAEcf five hoheess3Rho, when they
- learned of the amenities of Jail life.
-zss Offered themselves as candidates for
=. admission and fell in at the rear OF
the column Somebody suggested
paging the local business eenters for
the missing officials. but cooler heads
pointed out that this was a serious
matter: tha+~4tlr neglect 81 the sheriff
and his deputy II II became known
might BECOME q scandal and reflect
on the~fair name Of Sussex County.
II would be best to hush IL UP as