The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-12
JAIL.BIRDs CAUGHT IN VERMONT.
Austin Newell and George d. Blythe Had
Fled from Keene, N. II.

Keene, n. H., July l2,-Austin Newell
is, OF Saxtons River, VI, and George ID
Blythe OF keene broke out OF the keens
jail between II and ~ o'clock Tuesday
night, stole a Ford runabout owned by
Samuel Cole, which stood on the street
near the owners home, and escaped into
Vermont. They were caught by Deputy
Sheriff George +. Alexander OF Saxtons
River yesterday forenoon on an old wood
road near the Cadoret place about a mile
and half northerly from Houghtonville
village, IL miles from Saxtons River. Mr..
Alexander took the young men to the
police station in Bellows Falls and kept
them there until the arrival of the noon
train from Keene bearing Sheriff Lord,
who accompanied the youths back TO
keene.
Newell was put in Jail recently in de.
fault OF bail of 5000. to await the ac-
tion OF the grand jury in October. He is
charged with the theft OF an automobile
was in Jail in default Of bail on forg-
cry charge. His case also will come be-
fore the grand jury in October. He has
court record. The privileges of the
Jail which they enjoyed before breaking
out will be denied them.
Blythe and Newell were the only pris-
oners in the Jail when locked in cell
Tuesday night at o'clock. 1t is thought
that they had loosened nut on the
cell door before being locked up. By
reaching through the bars of the cell
door they were able TO remove the nut
and then the door. With brace from
the bed after reaching the corridor they
knocked out some bricks in the Jail wall
about four feet from the floor and then
crawled through the opening six feet above
the ground. Ii was an easy matter to
climb over the l2.foot iron fence around
the Jail.
Sheriff Lord and Jsiler Charles Will
liams live in the Jail building, but so
far from the cells that they heard no
noise of the removal of the brick, and the |
escape of the two prisoners was not dis
covered until Jailer Williams went to the
cell yesterday morning.
On Court street Newell and Blythe |
saw Mr. Coles runabout, which had |
been left in the street by man who
had been handling it. Mr.. Cole having |
sustained an injury to one foot They
jumped into the car and made hurried
departure for the Green mountain state.
When the men were missed Sheriff
Lord got busy on the telephone and Dep
lty Sheriff F. j. Bennett, City Marshal
and Mr.. Cole started out to
scour the country. Later the sheriff
got news from Deputy Alexander of Yer
mont that the fugitives and machine had
yeen captured, and he called his deputy
md the other men.
The capture by Deputy Sheriff Alex
lnder was effected through a valuable
lip from a Grafton man and good work
" the officer. Early yesterday morning ,
he Grafton man called Deputy Alexan
Ter by telephone and asked if Newell
wasn't supposed to be in the keene jail.
lie said he used to know Newell and had
cen him in the morning with another
nan in an automobile. The officer was
uick to take the situation and was soon
n the trail, the automobile track in the
nused road helping materially. He fol-
owed the trail to where the car was i
eft in the woods and then went on to- P
Yard the abandoned Cadoret place, where
Jewell formerly lived. r
Deputy Alexander had gotten nearly to
he building when he heard voices and {
topped into the bushes. Presently New
Il and Blythe came down the road from a
he house and the officer confronted them il
nd they surrendered without opposition. p
q the automobile were jar of straw
cry preserves and some biscuits, but
was not learned where the articles k
ere obtained. Il
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