Americus times-recorder., 1920-05-24
WOMAN HELDIN
JAIL
SEVER TWOBARS
Tools Found In Grady's
Cell-Two Murderers
In Jail

An attempted jail delivery at the
Sumter county jail, in which two
murders under life sentence and
three other white men accused of
telonles are imprisoned, has lust
come 60 light by the arrest of pret
W young woman known here as Mrs.
&. L. Grady, wife of c. L. Grady.
held IN jail on a charge of forgery
OF checks aggregating about ST. 500
IN connection with the "purchsse' of
three automobiles from the Amer
Gus automobile company recently.
Mrs. Grady is herself detained in
jail on the charge of assisting pris-
oners in an attempt to escape from
custody. She is alleged to have
smuggled into the jail to Grady a
blow torch and three saws, by the
use OF which two steel bars of the
JAN had been cut before Sheriff Har-
Vey discovered the conspiracy.
Although the sheriff maintains si-
lence as the source of his informa-
ton as to the plot, it is understood
one Of the prisoners gave him the
tip.
One feature of the plot was that
the sheriff should be attacked if nee
essary, and either killed or injured
suihcIently to prevent his pursuit, he
being regarded by the prisoners as a
man who gets whomsoever he goes
after.
1t has been the custom of the sher-
III to give all of the prisoners free
dom of the Jail corridors during the
| daytime, because of additional com
forts 1t gives them. The steel bars
| which had been sawed were on one
/ OF the outside windows. 1t was the
plan of the plotters to make their
| getaway early after dark last Thurs
day or Friday evening through this
window. Ii they were unable to
make their escape before the sheriff
called to lock them in the separate
cells for the night, as is his custom.
/ they were to overpower him and then
escape with him safely taken care of.
The woman in the case suddenly
left Americus last Thursday after
noon. Discovery of the plot came
about Friday night and a warrant
was issued at once for her arrest. 1t
was the theory of the officers that
she was expecting Grady to escape
jail that night and meet her at some
appointed place. When he did NOT
show up she returned to Americus
and was nabbed as she stepped from
the Seminole early Sunday morning,
coming from the south.
Sheriff Harvey says he will be able
to establish that the saw and blow
torch were purchased by the woman
and carried into the Jail by her. She
previously lived in Columbus, where
she says her husband was formerly
city editor of the Columbus ENQUIRER
Sun
Prisoners in the Sumter county
jail besides Grady, charged with pass.
ing forged checks are Walter Wilson.
convicted of the murder of Joel EDGE
and sentence to life Imprisonment,
whose case is awaiting review by the
supreme court; Thurman Young who
is held for giving a worthless check
signed 'T. ?. Wright to A. r
Carey; Robert Clark, young boy of
Leslie community, who is charged
with larceny from the house; and
Sam Duckworth, convicted murderer
of his wife, Mrs. Pearl Duckworth,
Several blankets, tied together and
woven into rope with whicn the nris-
oners hoped to reach the ground
safely, were found on top of the
cage in which they are confined at
night, and the three saws and blow
torch were found hidden in Uradv's
cell.
Mrs. Grady denies any knowledge
OF the alleged attempted jail deliv-
cry.