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A CRY FOR help TO
RECAPTURE FOUNTAIN
Talbot County Officials send Out An
Earnest Appeal TO The People OF
Maryland And Adjacent States.
The Elusive Fugitive Has Batlied
All Of His Many EurSuers.

| All III HIS NIilIIN
Easton. Md, June 20.-The citi-
zens of Maryland and the constabul-
AIRY OF this and other States are call
ed upon in i statement issued TO-
| night by Sheriff c. NJ. r. SOulsby,
| States Attorney Charles J. Butler,
| Capt George g. Henry, Of the Baltl-
more Police Department and W lIllam
| Mason Shehan. Il leading lawyer OF
Talbot County. to aid Talbot county
authorities in their effort to appre-
bend isaiah Fountain, negro raplst,
under sentence of death, and who es-
capped from the Jail here last Tues
day night. The statement was lSsu-
ed after conference among Sherl1
Soulsby. Captain Henry and Mr.. But
Ter.
Mr.. Sheehan and the prominent
citizens organization to plan
systematic pursuit OF Fountain was
perfected. Under the new organl-
zation, Sheriff Soulsby, leading
pOSse of men. sworn in as deputy
sheriffs. will direct the operation IN
the region now being searched
Former Sheriff James \. Cannon Will
stay ut The jail TO receive informa-
ton that may come in, and captain
Henry and MesSrs. Butler and she
han will act as a board OF ADVISORS.
The new force began operations
tonight, and now is patrOling the
roads and watching the houses at
which Fountain, if he is in this part
of the state. may call. The chase
mas been made more difficult by the
rains, which have fallen almost
daily. and some of these difficulties
are set forth in the statement which
reads as follows:
Isaiah Fountain who escaped from
the Jail 1T EastOn on last Tuesday
night, is still at large. Every enCEt
has been and is being made to cap
,ure him. The officials of this c0Cn-
" automo bile commissioner, and
he police department of Baltimore
city, are working day and night. All
The effort and diligence possible is
being exercised to keep until cap
tured this fugitive convict, who was
under sentence of death for rape,
where he has been with reasonable
certainty Ips.iISb, III 'AiS
part of Talbot county.
An Earnest Appeal
This is a difficult task Every con-
dition is favorable to the fugitive.
the foliage and underground are
dense this year on account OF eXces-
sive rains, the wheat fields are in
full grain, and the nights nave been
dark and rainy.
This. together with the assistance
that he has most certainly received
from numerous cOlOred people, and
his own knowledge of the county,
may have, during the past TWO or
three days and nights. enabled him 10
get through the Gordon that has
been thrown around that section OF
the county If this has occurred, II
NAV become state wide and may be
4 nationwide hunt.
We earnestly call upor every good
citizen, and especially upon me con-
Stabulary of this and other States, 10
be on the alert for this man, and to
aid in every way his capture. He IS
a criminal with a long record of mis-
deeds eliminating in the most brutal
offenses. Every one is urged to do
his utmost in this important service
I Newspapers everywhere are request
ed to give all aid possible, especially
by copying this article.
C. NJ. T. SOULSBY,
Sheriff Talbot County.
CHARLES J. BUTLER,
States Attorney.
CAPT. GEORGE G. HENRY,
w. MASON SHEHAN.
Today was the fifth day of the
hunt and the authorities apparently
are no closer to Fountain than they
were a few hours after his escape.
The belief that he was driven OF IN
an automobile after he broke jail and
got out OF the county before the ave
nues of escape were closed is hourly
growing stronger. The authorities,
however, are not neglectlng the
faintest clew that may lead to his
arrest. and the search is going on
every hour of the day and night, as
it has been since Tuesday.
A circular, on which are two
photographs of Fountain, together
with a request that lookout be kept
was mailed today to every sheriff
and chief of police along the rail-
road lines.