The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
BN E. E. FRANTZ

Jackson. Miss, October 9.-(9pecial)- The governor of Mississippi was notified a few days since that R. T. Goldsby, the big Vicksburg negro, who bought his way out of the penitentiary a month or more ago, had been captured in Cau- ada, and is now in jail at Toronto. This was news of more than ordinary interest in official circles, especially for the man. agement of the penitentiary. as Goldsoy has given them great deal of trouble since last April when he was sent to the Parchman farm to serve a five-year sentence on the charge of receiving stolen goods
 But Goldsby did not stay on the con vict farm five weeks, let alone five years. He had several thousand dollars cash in Vicksburg banks and he paid ex-Gov- ernor Bilbo and two or three other law yers SS,600 to get him a pardon They failed on the pardon, but landed a sus- pended sentence for the big crook, and he went to Chicago to attend the repuo lican convention. He was seen in the Windy City by parties from Vicksburg, who reported the matter on their return home-and, to cut a long story short the people of Ncksburg were outraged anu LOOh SlFHS lO DlliiS nun betNA tO Euio- sissippi. That was done on requisition. Governor Russell had been Imposed upon. The negro convict was reported to hlin as dying with dropsy, and he suspended his sentence. That was the very best he could do, as no pardon petition had heen puhlishd anywhere and the board or pardons had not acted on the case.
 On the return of Goldsby to Vicksbure he was again sentenced to the peniten- { her 1Aafr gix pi prh i111iDs-
 against him, and only two of which lad 5een used so far. Meantime Goldsby had done a lot of talking about how he had been "buncoed out of his money" He had been promised a pardon, paid for it, and never got it, he is alleged to have said.
 The next time Goldsby was heard from was report that he had escaped frc1n Camp No. '. Parchman farm, The trua- tees investigated Hector Yorke, the night watchman on Camp 7, confessing that Goldsby had paid him $l75 cash and promised him $25 to leave his cell door unlocked. He did so, and Godsby has not been seen since. He disappeared completely. and was not heard from un- til three Or four weeks later, when he was located in Canada, in little town near Toronto. Letters to confederateS at Vicksburg and to his wife, were inter- cepted, and his hiding place thus made known. xicksburg sent after him. So did the pententiary authorities, and they are still on guard, waiting for the un- winding of a lot of red tape before the Canadian officials will turn him over to the United States. But it is confi- dently expected that the fugitive will be back on the Mississippi convict farm in few days, and the chances are that he will spend the balance of his days there.
 The men charged with complicity in the escape of Goldsby from the Parchman farm are now on trial at Indanola, Sun flower county and it is understood that ex-Governor Bilbo is one of the attor- neys for the defense. Yorke the night watchman, who admits that he accepted the bribe to let Goldsby out has lin- plicated c. c. Coen, sergeant on the same farm, and both were indicted by the grand jury.
 There has been great deal of talk shere about convicts buying their way out of the Mississippi penitentiary, and the state pardon board is in bad odor. Rev H. NJ. King pastor of the Second Baptist Church at Jackson has been member and secretary of the board all this year, but he has enough and has Designed. as has been predicted for seF- eral months that he would be bound to do.