The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-11
JA|LB|RDS FLEE,
But ARE CAUGHT
Austin Newell and George d.
Blythe Remove Brick
from Keene Jail
USE BED BRACE AS
GATHERING RAM
Deputy Sheriff Alexander of Saxtons
River Effects Capture and Receivers
Stolen Automobile - Prisoners Wait
ing for Grand Jury.
ing for Grand Jury.
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KEEN E Y. Il .InlY

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KEENE, \. H., July II.
Austin Newell, Is, of Saxtons River,
Vt, and George D. Blythe of Keene
broke out of the Keene Jail between II
and II clock last night, stole a Ford
runabout owned by Samuel Cole, which
stood on the street near the owner s
home, and escaped into Vermont They
We're caught by Deputy Sheriff George
+. Alexander of Saxtons River this fore
noon on an old wood road near the
Cadoret place about mile and a half
northerly from Houghtonville village,
/ II miles from Saxtons River. Mr.. Al
exander took the young men to the po-
lice 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
default Of bail of 5000, to await the |
action of the grand jury in October |
He is charged with the theft of an au-
ltomobile from Mrs Mary Edison of
of bail on forgery charge His case
also will come before the grand jury
in October He has court record. The
, privileges of the jail which they enjoyed
before breaking out will he denied
them.
Blythe and Newell were the only pris-
. 'oners in the jail when locked in a cell
last night at clock 1t is thought
, that they had loosened nut on the
Z cell door before being locked up. BY
3 reaching through the bars of the cell
door they were able to remove the nut
Y and then the door. With n brace from
q the bed after reaching the corridor they
r knocked out some brick in the Jail wall
Y about four feet from the floor and then
/ crawled through the opening six feet
d Iabove the ground. It was an easy mat
n ter to climb over the 12-foot iron fence
). laround the jail.
: Sheriff Lord and Jailer Charles Will
lliams 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
f discovered until Jailer Williams went
TO the cell this morning.
On Court street Newell and Blythe
/ saw Mr.. Cole S runabout. which had
1t been left in the street by a man who
N had been handling it, Mr. Cole having
Is sustained an injury to one foot They
jumped into the car and made a hur
ried departure for the Green Mountain
Of state
When the men were missed Sheriff.
Is Lord got busy on the telephone anC
Deputy Sheriff f. J. Bennett, Cit,
Marshal Philbritk and Mr.. Cole start
G ed out to seour the country. Later TIL
he sheriff got news from Deputy Alexan
od der of Vermont that the fugitives AM
oy machine had been captured, and h
an called in his deputy and the other men
IN The capture by Deputy Sheriff Alex
tn ander was effected through a valuabl
he tip from q Grafton man and good wor
I'M by the officer. Early this morning tn
ch Grafton man called Deputy Alexande
Icy telephone and asked if Newell WASH
supposed to be in the Keene Jail. II
said he used to know Newell and ha
seen him this morning with anothe
,es man in an automobile. The officer ws
quick to take in the situation and Wa
soon on the trail, the automobile trac
lal in the unused road helping materially
ng He followed the trail to where the cs
er- was left in the woods and then went c
ar toward the abandoned Cadoret plac
~ tWnefe NeWeu formerly nNeU.
ons Deputy Alexander had gotten near
ap- to the building when he heard voic
and stepped into the bushes Present
'2a Newell and Blythe came down the ro;
'ing from the house and the officer confron
its ed them and they surrendered witho
slon opposition. In the automobile were
hey jar of strawberry preserves and sol
rae biscuits, but it was not learned whe
the articles were obtained
Newell first came to the attention
sla- the local authorities when he was
rested near South Vernon May 13
company with two girls and anotf
roc young man. They had been trampi
in three days, sleeping where they cou
ood He was formally charged with attem
is ed criminal assault and was bound oN
by the Brattleboro municipal court |
der $500 bonds for the September te
of the county court Two days later
asked that an information be fl
against him and pleaded guilty to
lurs- charge. He was represented by
torney A. V. D. Piper, who was assigl
to defend him by Judge A. f. Cudwo
The of the municipal court. He was S
5 to- fenced to one year in the state prison
inds, Windsor and the sentence was suspe
ed, the court placing him on probat