Bisbee daily review., 1916-06-09
DETAILS OF FEDERAL
 PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM JAIL ARE HAR
Woman Formerly Resident of
 Bisbee Restricted District Arrested On Suspicion She Aided In The Delivery

Details of the escape of eight United States prisoners from the Maricopa county jail and as a consequence of which Mrs. J. c. Trout, at one time a resident of the local restricted dis trict, was arrested on the suspicion that she had something to do with the delivery, are contained in the fol- lowing from the Arizona Gazette:
 With the aid of a small hack saw and another improvised saw which they had arranged by fastening a file between two pieces of wood, eight United States prisoners, recently con victed of various offenses in the fed eral court at Tucson and who were awaiting transportation to the United States penitenIiary at Santa Fe, N. NJ, made their escape fom the county jail this morning some time between the hours of and 4:30 o'clock.
 At 4:30 o'clock this morning Night Jailer Ed Luke and Deputy Sheriff George Brawner, who sleep at the jail, were awakened by the noise made by prisoners rapping and knocking on the doors of their cells. They informed the officers of the escape of the men. Sheriff Adams was soon notified and he is now out with a posse securing the surrounding country for the fugi- tives. In addition the sheriff's depart ment this morning wired the names and description of the men to all points, with the request for their ar rest, and United States Marshal Dillon and his deputies throughout the fed eral district of Arizona are also viz orously prosecuting the search.
 "The eight men who made their es- cape this morning occupied, together with thirteen others, all United States prisoners. the upper tier of four cells on the east side of the jail. The cells all connected with each other, having been thrown open because of the heat and in order to allow the men little more freedom of movement.
 Tn some way, which is now being investigated, the prisoners got hold of hack saw and they used it to ad- vantage in cutting the. rivets which secured a steel plate of the ceiling of the cell at the southeast corner of the cell at tine southeast corner of the
 
 years ago jail delivery was success fully effected, a couple of federal prisoners cutting their way to liberty. The break in the cell had been re- paired at the time by being bolted and riveted, and when the prisoners this morning cut away the bolts they were enabled to remove the steel plate and jagged aperture was opened suffi- cient to admit the passage of a mans body.
 Entering through this hole, the prisoners found their way to the cor ridor or run-around of the prison Making rope by tying their blankets together. they climbed to a circular window on the south side of the jail, secured by ten heavy bars and fasten- ed the rope. They then cut away two of the bars and with the aid of their rope found their way to the outside
 That the fugitives had the active aid of persons outside the prison as well as from within is believed by the officers. The rope of blankets, for in stance, was found dangling from the inside. There are other circumstances which lead the officers to this belief
 As result of the investigation made by the officers, Mrs. J. c. Trout, alias Mrs.'J. C. Lee, alias Virginia Lee, the wife of J. C. Trout, one of the prisoners escaping. was arrested this morning in Phoenix on suspicion of complicity in the escape of the pris-