Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-24
FOUNTAIN TO Be
EXECUTED JULY e
Escape, According TO Confession,
Involves Wilmington
Negro.

Annapolis. Md, June 2t-The date
for the hanging Of Isaiah Fountain has
been fixed for July ~. The death war
rant was mailed by Secretary of state
Perlman to the authorities of Talbot coun-
ty last night.
Governor Ritchie. on his way 10 San
Francisco. wns asked by wire 10 fix the
date for the execution lie telepfaplied
back that il should take place July %
pponr or ESCAPE BEGUN.
Eoston, Md. June q. Investigation
Of the escape of Isaiah Fountain was be-
gun today by Assistant Attorney1 ienerei
Lindsay G. Spencer, who was sent here
bv Attofney-f fenernl Armstrong
Five witnesses were examined, inelud-
ing Sheriff G. NJ. I Sotilsby, Mrs. Soulsby,
John Scott. day watchman; Charles u.
Seymour, night Waterman, who wns on
duty when Fountain escaped, and Lee
Nixon. negro trusty. who procured the file
from the sheriff which afterwards came
into the possession of Fountain.
The investigation will continue to-
morrow, az there arc more witnesses Ia
he examined. The examination ~ taking
place in the office uf States Attorney
Charles 4. Butler Mr. spencer has made
no statement yet ne 10 what has been dis
closed by the investigation.
ALLISON coNFEssrs
Joe Allison. the white prisoner who
vas lmplicated in the statement Of foun-
tain. has admitted that he helped file the
bars of Fountains cell Tie says the
eerape was engineered by Ralph Bnper,
who is now held at Wilmington, Del
He quotes Fountain as saying that the
Negro g mother wanted % know unc tirne
ahnw long IL would he before | Fountain
made my escape.
rHB Confession
Following is the confession
was with carnival here and went into
a restaurant to get some breakfast and
found a pair Of false teeth on the hoor.
They arrested me for If. said ! stole them,
and / denied IT, Well, they arrested tne and
brought me up ~ the jail and ! was taken
out ~ the squire office and gwen hear
inp and they bound me over tn the court
and brought me baek here to jail That
was ON June They put me IN jail and
turned me loese downstairs and told me
to come around and sit on the bench
went ami sat. on the bench and these boys
Ralph Loper and jim who went to the
House of Correction. we're beating on TIN
pans md fsainh had a file in his hand which
he tried 10 hide ddn know what Il was
nj the time. but snon found out what Il
wHs
Fountain explained r. me that Ralph
was locked up hero for trying 70 get out
and then said
why didn't you try md get OUT
told him that diIn have anything
to gri oin with He handed me poker
an ron poker. and agreed to try and dlg
ruy way ont with that
tNrHcArEs MOTHER.
Several days after LoJer left, which
i was June ~. Folntaius mother cams
t down 10 see Isaiah. After she had left tn
I iail | was sitting on n stool n front q
/ Fountains cell and the latter SAID
Mamma asked me how long u woiGif
| be before | made my escape ! told ifr
and ahe said that she would have th'
money all ready for me. She sald she wdulf
leave it with some woman. can re-
call her name We then planned out g
away
Foutain then gave me the file, whici
was gwen "a hIm by Loper. and ! took
and bud IL under the bath tub, which y y
the rear Of the Jail Fountain said that ~
would call the watchman and ask for SONS
water. It was when the watchman hae
gone TO get ,he water that | had planned 4
i hit him with the weight take his KEYS anc
together with Fountain make my getaway