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More Details OF The Exciting
Escape OF Prisoner
From Deputy
DEPUTY TELLS OF
HIS EXPERIENCE
Snuff Is Thrown Into The Of
ficer's Eyes; Passengers
Are Blamed

After searching through the hills Of
Licking county, In the vicinity Of st.
Louisville for one Of the prisoners
who escaped from B. & o. train yes.
terday while being conveyed to the
Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield,
Deputy Sheriff A. e. Moore Of Bel.
mont county, Sheriff 3. H. LytIe and
Deputy Sheriff Walker returned to
Mt. Vernon late Friday night without
capturing the prisoner.
The exciting escape of the two
prisoners was related exclusively in
The Banner Friday. The getaway oc-
CURED at the B. & o. passenger sta
tion at st. Louisville, after one Of the
prisoners had hurled quantity Of red
pepper or snuff into the eyes of Depu.
ty Sheriff Moore.
George O'Brien, the prisoner who
was captured by the deputy sheriff
and who spent the night in the Knox
county jail, was taken to the Mans.
field reformatory Saturday morning
by Deputy Sheriff Moore.
Tells Of the Escape
ToNa Banner reporter, Deputy Sher.
if Moore, today, related the circum-
stances OF the exciting episode of yes
terday.
Deputy Sheriff Moore left st. Clairs.
vile early Friday morning with John
Anderson, aged %, and George
O'Brien, aged 20, sent up to the Mans
field reformatory from Belmont coun-
ty for burglary.
The officer states that the men
were handcuffed together and as the
train reached GAINESVILLE, O'Brien re-
moved his coat and kept 1t over his
hands and arms. All the way to st.
Louisville, OBrien was working to
free himself and finally slipped his
hand out of the handouts. Just as
the train stopped at st. Louisville,
O'Brien threw a handful of SNUFF in
to the eyes of the deputy sheriff.
Moore says he was temporarily blind
ed, but started IN pursuit of O'Brien
who dashed through the carr and out
of the front door of the smoker. The
deputy sheriff requested the men in
the Car to guard the other prisoner,
Anderson, while he started in pursuit
of O'Brien. BY the time Moore was
out of the car the prisoner had reach.
ed the locomotive. The deputy sher-
iff pulled his revolver and fired twice
and O'Brien fell just as he was at
tempting to cross, the railroad track.
With the assistance of a spectator, the
deputy sheriff carried O'Brien back
to the train.
BIames Passengers
When the officer reached the car,
he discovered that the men in the
smoker had permitted Anderson to
make his escape. BY this time the
train was pulling out and the only
thing the deputy sheriff could do was
to send telegram to Mt. Vernon re.
questing assistance from Sheriff Ly.
tie.
Deputy Sheriff Moore expressed con-
siderable indignation because the men
In the car permitted Anderson to es.
cape while he was running down
O'Brien. He says that the passengers
on the car not only permitted the man
to escape, but that they gave him
money. lie says two men gave the
prisoner a. dollar each.
Taken To Jail
After reaching Mt. Vernon, Deputy
Sheriff Moore took O'Brien to the
Knox county jail. The man was limp
ing and the officer is of the opinion
that one f\the bullets from his gun
took effect. O'Btien, however, re,
fused to have physician.
Deputy Sheriff Moore, accompanied
by Sheriff Lytle and Deputy Sheriff
Walker started Immediately for st.
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searching for Anderson. They were
also assisted in the search by Mayor
G. w, Sperry of Utica. After search
ing through the hills until late in the
afternoon, the officers were unable to
find any trace of the fugitive and re-
turned to Mt. Vernon.
viii Make Search
Deputy Sheriff Moore stated Satur-
day before leaving for Mansfield with
O'Brien that he would return to New
ark Sunday and would again take up
the search for the escaped prisoner.
Deputy Sherin Moore is not a
stranger in MT. Vernon. At the time
the Ohio State Sanatorlum was con-
structed, he served as foreman and
spent nearly three years in this city.
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