The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-04-13
] STATE CONNECTS ESCAPE FROM
 CO. JAIL
Men Becoming Unruly at the State Camp Near Clifton Are Brought to County Jail for Safe Keeping. Escape by Saving Through Bars of Cell.

Ou W0uuSSQdy ulSuC D6CW66n Cu6 hours of 10:30 and 11:3O o'clock five state convicts who had been confined in the county jail since Sunday, saw ed their way through the bars of an upper cell room and made their get away.
 The convicts were employed in the construction of the Clifton-Solomon- vile road and were working at the camp near Clifton. They had been giving the guards at the camp trouble for some time and finally became so unruly that they were put in chains. in some manner they procured a file or saw and managed to free them selves. After this outbreak and there being no safe place at the camp to keep the men they were brought to Clifton on Sunday for safe keeping until proper quarters could be con- structed for them at the camp. There we're six of the men brought to Cliff ton and placed in the large cell room on the upper story of the jail at the back.
 Jailer John Young turned out all the jail lights at 10:30 on Wednes- day night and hearing a noise about an hour later he turned on the lights and went to the upper floor to in vestigate when he found but one of the men left in the cell, he apparent ly sleeping soundly. When awaken ed he professed to know nothing of the whereabouts of his cell mates and did not know that they had gone. He would not state why he did not follow suit and go with his compan- ions.
 A window in one corner of the cell with bar sawed through told the e,f of hoxr how Hho had gotten hold of a saw or file and had cut the U-bolts which held the per forated sheet iron covering over the windows and one of the large iron bars across the window had been saw ed iE two and bent back, allowing an opening barely large enough to admit a mans body. Three heavy blank cts were tied together and suspend ed from the window and the men slid down these to the ground and evidently lost no time in getting safely away. Sheriff Slaughter and Deputy Pat Sutherlin were on the trail at once and after being out all night could find no trace of the men.
 Three of the men are Americans and two are Mexicans, none of them being over 25 years of age. Why they should attempt to escape is not
  ing sentences of more than five years, but as they were being kept on a diet of bread and water it is possible that they became hungry and decided to make a break for some place where the fare was more to their liking.
 One of the men at least is an eX- pert at jail breaking for the job exc cuted at the county jail was a clean one and done in improved style.
 Three Captured Thursday Night
 Deputy Holland Bass and Bud Smith took up the trail Thursday morning but without success. A sharp look out was kept by the officers, however, along the railroad track and on Thurs day night guards at the convict camp below Clifton discovered the three Americans hiding by the side of the tracks near York and took them into custody. Sheriff Slaughter and Depu ty Bass left for the men later in the evening and brought them to Clifton where they will be given different quarters in the county jail and from which there is little likelihood of their again taking French leave.
 An abandoned automobile was found by the side of the road a short dis tance from where they were captur-
 
 they made their escape from town. 1t is thought that the men abandoned the machine early in the morning and de- cided to lay in hiding until night when they would continue their jour ney under cover of darkness. The escaping party evidently split up on gaining their freedom, the Ameri- cans going in one direction and the Mexicans in another, as the Mexicans are still at large and no trace of them has h~~o r~----7
 A three cornered file was found in the possession of one of the men and it was with this instrument that they had filed the bar of the cell and the bolts which held the heavy screen in place over the window. The officers are still after the two Mexicans and are hopeful of their capture before many days pass.
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