The Washington times., 1918-03-18

women prisoners believing that an es-
cape was being made.
/, The escape was well-calculated and
the prisoners plans worked with pre-
cision.
The men were not locked in their
cells as many of them were going
to the District Criminal Court for
trial this morning and were await
ing to be shaved. Always before
going to court the prisoners are
shaved. SO that they make a present.
able appeaSapeer 1890.
ThsT shaving was taking place on
the second floor. A guard. whose
duty is to circle the Jail building
and keep a close watch on the back
court, was brought inside because
the guard force was working one
man short. William Erskine. the
fourth floor guard, was working on
the second floor where the shaving
was being done.
Sawed Through Lock.
As soon as the shaving was begun,
II is believed lat one OF the tier
men, or so called "trusties" on the
fourth floor gave the signal from
the end OF the hallway.
From the top OF a cell door half
way down the tier the prisoners
could reach the iron door in the side
of the wall. The man with the saw.
sawed very nearly through the thick
lock. When only about a sixteenth
1aff h.
door, which opened on the inside,
breaking the lock.
Only Two Sentenced.
Only two of the escaped prisoners
had been sentenced. They are Will
liam S. Medley. colored. twenty-one
years old. ten years for grand lar
ceny, and William Montgomery, col
ored. twenty-seven years old, six
years on a charge of carnal knowl-
edge.
The escaping prisoners are:
Albert Thornton. colored, twenty
three years old, charged with muir
der, 123S Six-and-a-half street north
west; Robert Smith, jr., colored, eight
cen years old, charged with muir
der, 116 street northwest: orville
Harry Cook, white. twenty-three
years old, charge, robbery. 60 S street
northwest; Joseph Melvin Carroll,
alias Frank Marson, white. twenty
years old, charge. robbery, 1888 Krae-
mer street northeast: George Henry
Terry, coIored, twenty-eight years
old, charge, assault with a danger
GUS weapon, 109 Vinson street, Balti-
more; James Owls. colored, twenty
three years old. charge, violation OF
- 81,
bia Code, T01 Half street southwest; ;
twenty-five years old, charge, petit
larceny, second offense, Chain Bridge
road northwest; Thorman Alexander
Brown, alias Percy. colored. twenty
two years old, charge. robbery, 1904
C street northwest; John Thomas,
colored, twenty years old. charge as
sault with a dangerous weapon, for
rnerly in the National Training School
for Bows and supposed to have come
from Alabama; Daniel Julian Nelson,
colored, twenty-nine years old. Tenth
street, between L and II northwest,
charge, rape; William Montgomery,
colored, twenty-nine years old. charge,
csrnal knowledge, 1906 New Jersey
avenue northwest: Israel Henson. col
ored, tventy-seven years old. charge,
robbery, Cherry Hill. Rosslyn, Va:
William T. Watkins. alias Bill Nut
ney, colored, twenty-one years old.
charge, assault with dangerous
weapon, 1913 Second street southwest;
william Brewer. colOred. twenty
years old, charge. assault to kill, 400
Columbia street northwest. and Otho
Funderburk, alias Otto, alias Funny
Boy, colored. nineteen years old,
charge, receiving stolen goods, 1882
Eleventh street northwest.