Arizona republican., 1921-01-04
PRISONERS FO|LED
 IN ATTEMPT ID
 ESCAPE FROM JAIL

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 MESA, Jan. 3.-An unsuccessful at ! tempt at jail break was made Sunday | night by three inmates of the city l bastile in Mesa. The tin ceiling to the jail was cut in three different l places but in each case the prisoners met up with iron bars and were forced to abandon their work. Bostias Ba- tavia, arrested last Saturday night for alleged forgery was responsible for the jail breaking attempt according to the other two prisoners, he doing all the work and threatening them for not assisting or standing guard while he labored.
 month or more ago two men arr rested here on charges preferred in Globe made their escape from the Mesa jail by cutting a hole through the ceiling and into the floor of the court room in the city hall. Follow ing that attempt, steel bars were in serted between the floor and the jail ! ceiling, the bars forming an in- vincible barrier for the prisoners Sat urday night.
 Since Batavia's arrest Saturday night, new checks which he is al ! legged to have forged have shown up 1 against him. Since he started opera | tions a few weeks ago, six checks for i $36 50 each have been passed in Chan dler. nine checks for $36.50 have been passed in Tempe and according to his own confession cheeks were also passed in Phoenix. His first at tempt at cashing a forged check in Mesa Saturday resulted in his arrest.
 Batavia will be arraigned before 1 Judge Kingsbury here Tuesday. His companions in jail Sunday were an al- legged bootlegger arrested by Marshal Malone in Chandler on Sunday, and a suspect whom Marshal Warren was holding here for investigation The bootlegger will be arraigned in the Chandler court and the suspect was given his freedom by Marshal War ren Monday evening.
 New School Buildings Opened
 The new Lincoln school building at the corner of Center and Second ave first time and regular sessions will be held in the new colored school in the north part of town commencing Tues day Work was started on the erec- ton of the new Lincoln building last ! summer and it is now sufficiently : completed to permit recitation work to be started. Classes which have } been holding afternoon sessions in the ! north school building since the fall l SeSSlO0 opened were moved NeSteICdS into the new building and will hold reg ular all day sessions in the future.
 The enrolment in the new building now numbers 220 The new colored i school has been erected in the colored ; section of town in Mitchell addition , and 1t is now near enough completed ' to permit the holding of school there Classes will move from the Webster building in the new school on Tues day.
 Surprise Operator ? Employes of the Mountain States } Telephone company who work on the } switchboards in Mesa sprung s plea 5 sant surprise party on one of their 2 number. Miss Virginia Holbert, or l New Years eve. The young ladies ; took the Holbert home on the Chan l dler road by storm that evening anC 3 staged an enjoyable surprise party
 for their fellow operator.
 a New Judge In Office Judge Kinssbury democratic can I. didate elected at the general election on November 2, Saturday assumed Q charge of his duties as justice of th' , peace of the Mesa pricinct and polic' U judge for the town of Mesa. replacing a William Newell. former justice. I'm
 judge was sworn in by City Attorne. e George W. Silverthorn last week.
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