Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-22
Tom Needham and Willie Jones, Young White Men,
 Headed Back to Pen.
EIGHT OF THE 24
 FUGITIVES CAUGHT
Lee Blount. ". (. Williams and Otl- CT DesEcradoes Still at Liberty. Eneiii.cs Burgimrizing and Steal
 ing to Obtain lheir Needs.

Two of tho white convicts who es- capped from tho state farm at Cum mins Wednesday, were recaptured in Pine Bluff last evening by Detective A. C. Mayberry and Street Commis- Sioncr Leonard Carver. and are now being held at police headquarters.
 The men arc Tom Needham, alias John Needham, alias John Chilcotte, r years old, serving a 31h-year sen- tence for burglary from Craighead county and Willie Jones. 19 years cid, serving a two-year sentence for | larceny in Pulaski county. | Needham was the first of the pair to be captured. He was wearing a pair of trousers and a shirt stolen by him from saw mill in the suuth- ern end of the county, and was wet to the skin. On his person were found two new files. which he admit ted he had obtained at a mill in the east end of town, but of his purpose in carrying the files he would not speak,
 Jones was arrested early last night, in the eastern end of the city, and he also had obtained other clothing, to replace his "stripes.'
 Neither of the men would give much satisfaction to the officers. as to the whereabouts of other fugitives, claim ing to know nothing of them.
 T Eight Are Recaptured.
 Eight of the fugitives in all have been recaptured. of the "A who. es- 1 caped. In addition to those already listed in The Graphic of yesterday. and the two mentioned above, the men recaptured are Carl Westcott, aged 28 serving a four-year term for for gery from Sebastian county, and C.. D. Benson, aged 25 years, serving a 13-year sentence for burglary and grand larceny in Pulaski county.
 Reports early this morning from the convict farm are to the effect that it is confidently believed others will be captured today.
 Early yesterday half dozen Of the farm guards reached Pine Blum, ana they are still here, aiding the police. the constable and the sheriff's depart ment in thoroughly securing this sec ton, especially the tramps' camps :.
 The hobo camp in the western end of the city was raided yesterday py the city policee, and twelve "husktes" were brought to jail. They will likely be put to work on the streets. f Constable Clint Green and his dep uties, and Deputy Sheriff J. l.. Me- Burnett and other officers from the sheriff's office, also raided number of hobo hold-outs. Last night Pine Bluffs tramp quarters" received a i cleaning more thorough than any they have experienced in very many years, the officers having the double incentive. to clear out the hoboes ana to capture any escaped convicts that might be with them.
 Had Cut Telephone Wires.
 That the escaping convicts had cua the telephone and telegraph wires connecting the camp with nearby pcints was established soon after the Iescape was discovered. The wires were cut in several places, and 1t Is stated that because of this the con vict farm authorities were unable to send out the alarm to other sections of the state, to Pine Bluff, Little Rock and other centers, until after tie breaks in the wires had been located and repairs made:
 Without waiting for this, however seven farm employees and "A trus- ties of the best type were put to work on the chase for the fugitives
 and these men have been going
 steadily ever since. in relays. theil number being augmented yesterday
 ty the arrival of additional guards
 from the penitentiary.
 Watchman Discharged. Jack Jenkins, night watchman a the stockade from which the mel , escaped, has been sunmarily dls ', charged by Head warden Bailey after an investigation. There Was |. nothing developed to indicate tha Jenkins had any knowledge of tn. escape until his attention was callet Ly the convict Dick Plant, who mad' , the discovery, but Warden Baiiel was of the belief that had Jenkln'
 been duly careful, he would have noticed the absence of some e tn'
 men, before so many had let tns stockade. M ~ ! Plant had occasion to go to tn toilet. and immediately discovere' the hole in the stockade wall, whence the men had reached freedom. Need t ham was crawling through the hol
 when Plant gave the alarm. Plan