Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-12
FIVE JA|L-BREAKERs
ARE STILL At LARGE
City and County Police Search in
Vain for Men Who Escaped
Sunday Night.
TWO VOLUNTARILY RETURN
Say They We're Forced to Go With
Others, and Came Back at First
Opportunity - Their Terms Will
Expire Soon.

petails OF police from the Richmond
ana Henrico forces and a sharp look
out by officers of surrounding counties
'"" e''ies failed yesterday to disclose
me whereabouts OF five OF the seven
negroes who walked out of tho IIenrico
county Jail on Sunday night after
TWO of the number had knocked down
deputy Sheriff Harry G. HeclxIcr. in
charge or the Jail. and had tied him
ntnu ana foot. The search for the
Kissing prisoners will be kept up
without interruption until some trace
or them is found.
Two OF the men, Robert Jackson
ana George Bell. voluntarily returned
10 the Jail early yesterday morning
me negroes said they were forced
from tn" prison at the point of a MIS-
.o'' ana left the fleeing gang al tho
"ts' opportunity. They would have
returned on Sunday might th,y ,old
Sheriff Sydnor. but for the fo,r ,h,t
Deputy Sheriff Heckler would msun
acrs'and their approach and shoot
them. The other negroes according
20 jackson and Bell. were on lower
Main street. headed east, when they
SAW them last.
reward OF SIS has been offered
Tor me capture of each of the cs-
capped prisoners. Governor stuart.
Shcriit SEdnor. and the Henrco County
poaro OF supervisors each making an
oHer OF S23. Only one OF the negroes
is armed. SO far as the authorities
know This one Is Percy Gaddy. who
carried with him revolver belong
ing to Deputy Sheriff Hcdrick. Ciaddv
is considered the most dangerous of
the men.
DEPUTY SHERIFF. HI:CKLER
Is AGAIN on DUTY
Deputy Sheriff IIcckler. who suffer
cd decorations about the head and
chest when attacked by the negroes
was not seriously injured and was on
duty yesterday. The fact that the
that he had left his gun behind him
when he came into the corridor. MIR.
lIecklcr thought yesterday. was the
only reason he was not killed.
The men who are still at large are:
James Young, alias Eugene Rcuff.
alias Susan. under Indictment for
house breaking. Young is brown in
and weighs about $50 pounds. lie is
clean shavcn and the middle finger
on his right hand has been cut OFT
just back of the knucklc
Percy Gnddy. also under indictment
for house breaking. He is about
twenty-five years old of ginger cake
color. Is s,oop- shouldcred. and weighs
about $50 pounds. lie wears brown
Jail shoes. The right one is split just
below the tongue on the instcp
Walter IS"nnyfeld. also under in
dictmcnt for house breaking. lie is
about eighteen years old. is very bla cll
and wears Il blue cap with an cycglass
front.
Robert Barr. under an lndictment for
ouse-brcaking. lie is about five feet,
ten inches tall. is very black, and
weighs about $50 pounds.
George Epps. alias Mamie" scrv-
ing Il sentence OF twelve months. He
is about thirty years old and has
brown skin, is about five feet. eleven
inches tall and weighs about l7j
pounds. Epps was a Federal prisoner,
sentenced last April by tho United
states District Court at Richmond for
rohbing the post-otiicc at Edlow, near
Brandon.
George Sell. who returned yesterday
morning. is also a Federal prisoner.
whose sentence will have been served
on next Saturday.