The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-07-09
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The popularity of human nature is
oftentimes evidenced In many ways In
every individual. but the peculiar Pc
culiarity of prisoners. more especially
those who are at present confined in
the Lincoln county Jail. was strikfngiy
shown last Thursday evening when
two of them broke jail. the third left
his private sanctum long enough to
look up the authorities ani give them
the proper notification. and then while
"A search was being made for the es-
capped pair they approached an officer,
made themselves known and asked 20
be readmitted to the county quarters.
Deputy Sheriff John +. Roeder was
in caliente, where he had gone to meet
relatives coming in on the night train
from San Francisco. and the two boys,
Edward and Ernest Miller who had
been confined few days previously
for-the alleged theft of $5S from a Sec
ton house near Islen, evidently con-
ceived the idea of taking advantage OF
the temporary absence of the officer
Prying loose a heavy piece of steel
from one of the prison beds, their es-
cape was effected by the use of the
steel against the bars In one of the
prison doors. A hole large enough for
their exit was the result of several
! hours of hard work.
The two boys made their escape
about . o'clock Thursday evening Of
last week and walked down into the
fiat east of Phoebe. In the meantime
/ Tony Martello, who is serving a sixty
day sentence for bootlegging. left the
prison in the same manner as did the
two younger lads and went to the
home of County Treasurer Charles Gull
verwell. to whom he told the story oi
the escape of the prisoners.
Mr.. Culverwell organized a search.
ing party and a lookout. in addition t.
notifying Sheriff Culverwell at Call
ente, and close watch was beine
kept at all crossroads and other point!
where 1t was thought most likely tn
escaped prisoners would pass. Abou
the hour Of midnight the boys returne,
20 town and made themselves know,
and declared their desire to return t,
the Jail. This was done after an ef
fort had been made to reenter tn
place through the same little hol
which released them. But the hole ha
been pried outward and while it woul
spread when a person was in the ac
Of crawling out through 1t, 1t was s
constructed that the same person max
ing an effort to crawl in 1t would ca as
! it to contract.
Giving up this effort the two lad
began a search for someone who coul
unlock the door and let them in, and +
T.. Prudential came to the rescue. Th
latter knew where the keys were keI
and at about l o'clock a. m. the tw
stragglers were returned to thei
county home
In explaining their absence withot
1 to come back all the time, but ha
T lust grown tired OF being in the priso
= and desired little sightseeing tri
4 They said in addition that they wei
well pleased with their little tour {
the neighborhood adjacent to Phoebe.
The probabilities are that II Piocf
were located on main line railroa
!, where opportunities for escape wei
: more numerous. it might have been
difficult proposition to effect the cal
ture of the two boys. AS it is, howe
er, there is no way In which their e
cape could be made excepting on TO
L or by automobile, and in either meth,
u they would have been apprehended Il
first time they were seen on the roa
When the deputy shrieff returned
.. Phoebe the next morning he found t
y prisoners in their usual places al
"a none the worse for wear. The on
"a evidence of the night of adventure W
# the disfigured door to the prison.