The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-04-02

Five others in the compartment
in the jail refused to take advantage
7of the opportunity to escape and are
still behind the bars. These are
John Mcdonald charged with being
an |. W. w and now awaiting trial:
Ernest Conklin, sentenced from two
to five years; Andy Nelson, also SEN
fenced from two to five years: be
sides Frank Moran, who is serving
out three months statutory charge
and Pat Mitchell, who is being held
awaiting trial.
Mcdonald, Conklln and Mel
son, the other three wobblies.
evidently knew of the contem-
plated Jail delivery but refused
TO take advantage of it. How
ever, they will give the authori-
ties no information as TO how
the prisoners escaped and what
outside help was given. if any.
In order to escape from the jail il
was necessary to do two things. First
unlock the huge door TO the cage
which encloses the cells where the
prisoners We're kept. This door leads
through a hallway running around
three sides of the cage The door is
in front and once this is opened the
prisoners could pass around the hall
way to the back part of the building
where an opening was made in the
wall.
Even if one Of the prisoners had a
key to the door it would have been
impossible to reach out as far as the
lock It would however. be possible
to attach the key to frame work OF
some kind and by means of a mirror
turn the key in the lock. This means
was employed in a similar jail deliv-
cry a short time ago From a jail that
was built and equipped exactly like
the Chelan county jail
Having escaped from the cage the
matter of making the opening in the
wall was comparatively easy. The
work was evidently done from the in
side as most of the mortar and bricks
were found inside of the jail when ar
Investigation was made Two steeI
braces attached to the iron cots on
which the men sleep were used 10
pry the bricks from their their place
20 make the opening.
4 hole about Is inches high and Il
inches wide was made by taking out
three tiers of bricks which compose
the wall The hole was located i'm
mediately adjoining the steel barred
window Pencil marks were found on
the outside of the bricks which might
indicate that some outsider may have
marked the bricks to be removed.
II is evident that a car was
waiting for the men as they
could not have gotten o"t of
reach so quickly and completely
without this means.
Every policeman and officer and
every sheriff in the state was notified
bv wire SUNDAY morning and the Of
fcers who guard the boundary wore
all given descriptions Of the men and
asked to be on the lookout for them
Bob Nelson formerly chief of po-
lico was the first one 70 discover the
iail delivery. On his way to work
about : o'clock Sunday morning b
passed down Kittitas street and. ac-
cording to his usual custom looked
the iail building over carefully. This
is the result Of a habit formed while
he was engaged in police work. He
Immediately noticed tho hole in the
rear Of the building and coming m
close called ont 70 see how MANY were
'.f' ard how many had escaped. and
he was informed that only four had
escaped.
Nelson Immediately got into
communication with Sheriff Nc
Marus and notified him Of the
delivery. The sheriT's office
force nj once got busy on the iob
Of sending out kilograms and
Sheriff McManus. together with
Deputy Sheriff Parker. started to
scour the nearby roads in the
hone that some clue could he oh
tanned Of the fugitives
Il is evident that they must have
rotten away soon after midnight a,
no ono in this part Of the countr,