Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-02

Evans in the same town has enlist
| ed the aid of the United States post
| office Inspector Brown, in charge
here during the absence of Inspect
| or Rittiford, that the theft of 81
worth of stamps at Mountain View
| had been officially reported and that
agents of The department would i'm
mediately get to work on the case.
Sensational Escape
Every incident so far featuring the
| escape indicate that the convicts will
| make a desperate effort to retain
their liberty. In pursuance of pre-
pared plan, the three prisoners while
working with gang on Macon drive
Tuesday morning, leaped upon the
running board of a passing car and
forced the driver, A. S. Jones, to
speed up. The trio were in shackles
and the break was made under the
guns of their guards. In the car
with Mr.. Jones were his wife and
his three little children.
After riding as unlimited pas
sengers in the Jones car for mile
or more the fugitives deserted it and
took to the woods. Later, accord
ing to TESTERS statement to officers
who captured him, they seized q
Dodge car, used it for a time and
then deserted it also. The Officers
believe, however, that this story was
invented by Jester to confuse the
possess The next step in the flight,
it is thought, came when the two
convicts stole an Overland car from
the garage of J. w. Kirkland, Of
Hapeville. This machine was found
abandoned Wednesday afternoon at
GAINESVILLE.
1t is not known whether Jester
the reputed head of an active gang
of auto thieves, and who is serving
twenty-year term for automobile
theft, will face charges for his part
in the seizure of the Ford car that
made the getaway possible. The Full
ton county grand jury met Thursday
morning, but it avs stated that no
indictments would be considered. So
licitor John A. Boykin was engaged
through the morning in the grand
jury room and no information as to
his course of action in the Jester
| case was available.
Immediately after the escape
posses of county police officers took
| up the trail with bloodhounds and
| the authorities in all adjacent COM
munities joined in the chase. Clues
presented by the discarding of their
| prison clothes at Mountain View,
rif1ing of the Mountain View post
office, the discovery of the Kirkland
! car at GAINESVILLE, and the reported
| presence of the men in Macon, were
all vigorously followed up.
Dupree Hold-up.
| oJI Of
pree on Simpson street New Years
eve was at once investigated but 1t
was not Considered that the offenders
were no: the men in question. Mr."
Dupree reported Wednesday night
that while driving his ford car on
/ Simpson street, near tha Hightower
road, two men signalled for him to
stop. Thinking that they wanted
| lift, he complied. The pair then
covered him with revolvers ordered
! him to get out, robbed him of $12 in
| cash, and drove away with his car,
| firing several shots as they left.
Mr.. Dupree was later picked up
| by H. N Afford, Of 100 Ebert street,
who happened to drive by, and hur-
ried to county police headquarters to
report the hold-up, He said that enc
of the bandits wore a gray suit and
red sweater and that both wore
caps. Two green sweaters we're
among the articles of clothing stolen
by the escaped convicts from he
Mountain View store and The dis
crepancy as to this item tends to
strengthen the theory of the county
police that the hoId-up was not
staged by Webb and Dickersor.
The license number Of the car
stolen Wednesday night from Mr..
| Dupree is 500, of the 1920 issue. The
machine carried three spare tires.
Rewards Are Offered
A reward of $500 each now hangs
over the heads of Webb and DECKER
son. This amount will be paid by
the county authorities upon their
capture and delivery at the Fulton
county tower.
Webb, youth of twenty, was serv-
ing life sentence for murder in
Floyd county. He had been saved
from the gaIlows by communication
from Governor Dorsey. He is feet
10 IL inches in height, weighs 178
pounds, is of a blonde complexion
with light hair and blue eyes, and his
right cheek is marked by vertical
scar one-half inch long. Two Of his
upper teeth are gold.
Dickerson is twenty-five, is FIVE
feet eight inches tall, weighs 145
pounds and is dark. His hair is
brown and his eyes are blue. Tat
too designs mark his body in various
places. The back of his left arm
bears a colored likeness of dagger.
On the inside Of the same arm are
an eagle and a star. A woman and
a flag are tattooed on the inside of
| his right arm and cross is on his
left leg. He was serving a seven
year term for automobile theft.
The clothipg stolen from the Noun
tain View store included two pairs
of corduroy trousers, two brown
shirts, two green sweaters and two
caps with large spots.
Webb had already staged two
previous escapes. He made a sue
cessful break for liberty from the
| Chattanooga county chain gang ten
days after Governor Dorsey had COM
muted his death sentence, and was
captured in Birmingham several days
later, when letters he had written
| his sweetheart in Atlanta fell into
the hands of the authorities. Prior
| to that he had escaped from the
Floyd county Jail and three months
later was captured in Ohio.
The young Armenians on Christ
mas day pay "hand-kissing" visits
to their elders.