Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-11
YES STREET, IT'S
HARD TO BREAK
INTOATHENS JAIL


three hours Of restless, lonesome
waiting for someone to come and
take him to Jail from whence he was
to serve one year and one day for
! robbing the postoffice at Godfrey.
| Ga. Jerry Hawkes., an eighteen-year-
old Morgan county negro, made sew
era1 unsuccessful attempts to break
back into the Clarke county Jail. He
been passed by Judge Sibley and Jer-
| ry was ready and anxious to serve
| his sentence. His efforts, however,
| to break into Jail were far less sue
cessful than many an attempt to
break out of prison.
It all happened like this: Follow
ing the conviction, Jerry along with
a dozen or more other convicts were
huddled together in the prisoners
room, all seated on the little iron
benches provided for convicted law
| breakers. Most of them were going
being perhaps the lightest Of the
Court was adjourned and the dep
uties came to escort the prisoners
to the county Jail. In some unac-
countable manner, Jerry was over
nap as is peculiar to the Georgia
darky raised on farm. He waited
on. The bench was hard and uncom-
Portable, but he sat there. The
white folks had told him to wait un-
til called for and he stood his
Hshooed out" by Janitor
About o'clock in the evening the
janitor came along and ordered Jerry
to move on. "Dey's dun tot me to Sot
byar. tell somebody looks me ter
jail"
minute" ordered the janitor.
The janitor was lord Of the build
ing at night, so Jerry had to move
on. He went to the Jail and knocked
on all the doors seeking admittance,
but no one was there. save the pris-
oners behind the bars. He strollec
around in the Hobbies, whistling a
few airs, trying in every conceivable
way to break in and then gave 1t up
as a bad job. A passing friend hailed
him. "Whar. you gwine?' asked
Jerry.
Jsrry assented and to the movies
Inside the movie show, Jerry
! blinked once or twice, for 1t had been
/ a long time since he had seen 6
moving picture and then he looked
| around.
"Malnmy!" shr:eKed Jerry
"Lawsy massy! Jerry Hawkes., mu
| chile! Whar you done cum trum
honey? Amt Use dun seen UNI SEND
you up fer whole yar??, cum hyar
chile, ter yer oil mamlay.' NJ,
! Jerry went. She embraced hill
with all the gusto of mother for a
Jerry explained to his old nanny
how he happened to be out of the
clutches of the officers.
Now, locker hyar, chile. Dem
white folks done sont you up p, anu
dere. 1 amt a-goin' ter see no chile
er mine gallivatin' round loose from
de Jail. Kiss yer ole nanny and
git yerself on back to dat dare jail.
Jerry babe his old nanny good
bye again and Wended his way back
no use trying to get into the Lookup
at that time of night. So Jerry, find
ing an empty automobile in front OF
J the courthouse climbed in and SLEPT
there the rest Of the night. p.
Fires the Furnace
Morning found Jerry awake witt
the sun. Just before day 1t &c
cold in Athens at this season of the
year. When the colored janitor O.
the court house and jail came tc
:. work Jerry offered his services. He
asked to be permitted to help bull
inc IreS. Inc JanlIOr aSSented an(
Jimmy fred the furnaces.
Returning to. the empty car, Jerr,
waited until the sheriff arrived al
8 o'clock when he was admitted t.
jail
Meantime, the federal deputies had
sent kilograms broadcast throughout
northeast and middle Georgia giving
full description of the escaped con.
Wet. Posses were combing Athen.
and Clarke county for Jerry. A r..
ward had been offered and the
sleuths were leaving no stone un.
turned to apprehend the prisoner.
Jerry, the faithful convict, Mon
day morning was carried to the At
lanta penitentiary to serve his sen
tence.
However, movement will be start
ed by the court officials to secur
the immediate release of Jerry thai
he may go back to his old nanny
in Morgan county.