Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1919-04-13
FRUSTRATED IN ATTEMPT
AT JAIL DELIVERY.
(From Thursdays Daily


Frustrated in his attempt 10 break
Jail on the eve OF his trial for bur
glary, John Henry Lewis, ex-convict.
paro,ed from the Arizona penitentiary
in 1917 while serving a term for bur
glary. today faced trial and was found
guilty in 3 minutes. and the defense
offered was insanity.
This is the sequel to long story
il which Lewis and one Perry Jones,
also an ex-conv:ct. who has served
two or three sentences for robbery.
we're connected.
Lewis. who has been in jail for
aboIi a month for burglary. at III
Freida. was TO be tried today for the
crime. Some time ago he wrote a
letter 20 his pal. Jones, who from the
letter, il appears, was connected up
with the crime He asked Jones to
come 20 his rescue, bring with him a
Gle. saw and some emery dust, sneak
il through the rear window Of the Jail.
AID he would free himself ard go to
Mexico. The letter was handed to A
t.usty. Elias Gales. who mailed it
to oJres, and is now back in jai,
Jones got II. and evidently after read
lg It. carelessly lost i around his
home.
Constable Hud Kelly. OF McNeal.
going to Jones' home yesterday 20
subpoenae him as witness in the
Lewis case, TO be tried in Tombstone
today. accidently found the letter. He
Immediately phoned to Sheriff McDon.
aid the contents OF the letter. but the
Ihone message found the Sheriff and
his deputies prepared for Jones ar
rival, for a short time after the first
letter was written. Lewis. 10 be sure
his pal would not fail him. had writ
ten another letter stating about the
same facts. This was given another
trusty to mail. but instead of mailing
i. he handed it to the Sheriff. who
after reading the missive sent it on
TO Jones and awaited his coming
armed with the jailbreak tools.
But Jones. enroute to Tombstone
yesterday. unaware tina; the officers
were next" to him, could not resist
the temptation to stop off at Gleeson,
tie his horse outside the residence Of
Andy Ma;t;5on and burglarize the
place. Here he secured another re-
volver. 80 on AS frame. and some
eatab.es. and resumed his trip to
Tombstone. TO deliver his pal.
The burglary was reported TO Con-
stable Brown. of Gleeson, who I'M
mediateiy got on the trail ard over
took Jones about two miles from this
city. about 6 o'clock last evening.
Jones was taking it easy so as TO
get here about dark, when he was to
smuggle the jailbreak tools in to his
pal Lewis. Constable Brown arrest
ec him. found the stolen goods, in
Guiding another revolver, and drove
on TO Tombstone When Jones az
rived at the Jail he was surprised to
find the Sheriff and his deputies all
there awaiting his arrival. Lewis also
was surprised to see his pal arrive az
the county Jail in this manner. He
was expecting him, but not under
these conditions.
Today instead OF being probably in
Mexico. Lewis went to trial. and will
go back to the pen.
Jones will face ,rIal for the Glee-
son burglary and may, beside, face an
attempted Jail break charge, accord
ing TO County Attorney French. while
Sheriff Mcdonald and his force are to
be congratulated on frustrating the
jailbreak and brining to book two well
known criminals