The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-04-25
PRISONERS BREAK
JAIL AND ESCAPE
Two Liquor Vendors Shove Bars
from Cell Sunday.
CLiMB FROM ROOF INTO COURT
HOUSE THROUGH KITCHEN.
Both We're Waiting Trial on Federal
Charges for Violation of Liquor
Laws.

A daring escape from the county jail
was made Sunday afternoon by c. n.
Joyce and James Beckwith, two pris-
oners awaiting transference to a fed
eral prison on a charge of importing
liquor into dry territory in violation
of the law. Showing the iron bars
away from the windows of their cell.
they went around behind the blind
wall to the kitchen in the residence OF
Sheriff Kendall, entered, came down
stairs and walked away to liberty.
The men were confined in a cell
with w. c. Walters, who is awaiting
trial and were let out Of the cage
into the body of their cell during the
daytime There are heavy iron win
dows on the cell leading out to the
alley, which runs around the building
between the blind wall and the main
structure, but those are so lightly
fastened that q vigorous push could
shove any one of them out. They ap-
pear to be firmly fastened with steel
plates extending about foot on each
side, especially as these are covered
with mortar, but since the mortor has
tried it serves only to give an appear
ance to things and hold the formida-
BILE looking bars in place when there
/
prisoners evidently discovered OF sus
pected this, for they showed out th'
bars on the side facing the high schoo
by climbing up on top of the stee
cage in the center and pushing agains
them This let them out into the
alley.
They were in their cell at o'clock
when Deputy Sheriff W. G. Thompson
opened the door, with Sheriff Middle
ton of Billings, Mont, to take out ;
prisoner named j. Bowers, who il
wanted in Montana on bad checl
charge. At 4 o'clock, when Sherii
Kendall made one of his frequen
tours of inspection, Joyce and Beck
with were gone. Walters is reticen
in regard to what happened.
The men, on getting out into tn
blind alley, evidently followed i
around to the kitchen of the sheriff
} quarters and waited until the kitchel
was empty. Mrs. Kendall was in th
kitchen most of the afternoon, bu
was absent for about half an hou
{ writing a letter. She heard no nois
: whatever. When the prisoners ha
2 once escaped from the kitchen int
l the court, they had a little furthe
difficulty. The courthouse is gener
ally deserted on Sunday, except whel
the officers make the rounds to Sc
that the prisoners are in their prope
places, and it was an easy matter t
walk casually out on the street and &C
AS soon as the flight was discov
cred, prompt steps were taken to tr
to capture the fugitives. All sorts o
p wild rumors were current in shor
time, and it seemed as if every ma
who heard of the escape and had re
. ceived a description of the men wa
y sure that he had seen two men VIII
= looked just like them hurrying some
Z where The officers intercepted
4 number of men on such reports, onl
S to find that in every case the inform
! ant had drawn on his imagination
: Although the men had less than a
r hours start, they evidently kept We
k under cover, for nothing certain ha
o yet been learned of their whereabouts
e or, if any clue has been received, tn
t. officers are keeping it to themselve