The Washington times., 1921-02-18

A plot by armed men to storm the
Jail at Elkton, Cecil county, Nd, in
an effort to gain the release of sew
eral Washingtonians alleged to be
road agents and bootleggers. wa.
frustrated early this morning by
Inspector Clifford l.. Grant, chief
of detectives.
JAIL NOW GUARDED.
Today the Jail is being guarded by
score of deputy sheriffs and detec-
tives, armed with rifles and shot
guns. prepared to meet the raiders.
who 1t is said planned to 60 to the
prison early this morning
That the desperadoes intended to
go to any extremes, even to the kill
ing OF the jailor and HIS deputies.
in their determination to obtain the
delivery Of their alleged friends from
the prison. was revealed last ntshsfkN,
Inspector Grant. The Washingf6fs
official there telephoned TO states
Attorney III. A. Warburton, OF Cecil
county. notifying him of the plans of
the desperadoes which were engineer
ed here In the Capital.
UP to noon today. the mob" had
not reached the Jail. and 1t is be-
lieved they feared one Of their CON
federates had .'peached" on them. and
they may have delayed the attack.
The desperadoes. alleged to be the
ringleadersn of the road agents who
have been eholding UP and robbing
autoists and oIher bootleggers bring
ing whiskey into Washington and
Baltimore. are said to have left
Washington late last night in q high
powered automobile. They would
have reached ,he jai! at 4 o'clock in
the morning had they not been in
tercepted or otherwise changed their
plans.
WERE TO STORM JAIL
The Information that the Jail was
to be stormcd by friends of the
Washingtonians locked up in the Jail
came to me late last night" said In
spector Grant this morning. IT i'm
medfately communicated with States
Attorney Warbar.on. warning him
that he had better made prepara-
tions to meet the Jail breakers"
The men held at the jail are all
Washingtonians, except Herbert
King, whose home is in Alexandria.
The others are Taylor Freeman, A.
c. McCurley. Aaron TractenburE and
Leroy Mason, colored. The men are
held ON the charge of holding up
James r. Doolittle, of the Hotel Tor.
raine, Philadelphia, and robbing his
automobile of 36 cases of whiskey
and $2.700 in cash taken from his
pocket.
One Of the alleged bandits, arrest ed
also uses the assumed name of Z. w.
Burroughs Bailey was bought to
Washington yesterday by Detective
Sergts. A. b. Scrivener Edward j.
Kelly. and Thomas Sweeney. He Is
wanted here on several charges, one
of which grew out OF his arrest.
| Bailey Is well-known character In
police circles. Two years ago. with
another man, he shot up Pierce
street. He was released on $4,000
bond, which he forfeited by fleeing
from the city. He was later arrested
In st. Louis and brought to this city
by Detective Sergt. Il. w. Thompson.
| .. "PEACHEs- ON BRIDE.
He is also said to have stolen q
number of automobiles. one from Mcr-
rin Taylor, 213 / street southwest.
| Following Bailey's arrest in ST Louis
he "peached" on his bride of two
weeks. Miss Alice T. Hunt, declaring
that she also was wanted In Wash
ington on the charge OF grand lar
ceny.
"if you are going to take me back
to Washington, you might as well
take my wife," Bailey told the de-
tectives. "She also is wanted there.
After he had fled from Washington,
Bailey married Miss Hunt in Chicago.
They then went to st. Louis. where
he was captured.
II developed that tho Hunt woman
while in Washington. where she met
and was courted by Bailey, looted the
rooms OF girl friends apartments
at Twentieth and I streets northwest.
She was brought back with her hus-
band and was later placed on probA-
tion,
| Bailey was again released on bail
when he was brought back to WASH
ington, and while out on bonds In al
legged to have stolen an automobile
belonging to Taylor.
when brought into police hesdouar-
ters yesterday. Bailey was identified
by Charles u. Caplan, 62T Third
street Philadeiphia as a Highway
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