The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-08-25
REDMOND, SAFE BLOWER, SAWS
WAY TO LIBERTY AT CO. JAIL

John T. Redmond, one of the three
men who blew the safe of the Stand
ard Oil filling station at the junction
of Valley street and Fourth avenue
S. E., made his escape from the Ward
county Jail at o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. He was not missed until $3.50
when Jailor Mccartney went to round
up the jailbirds for breakfast.
Redmond in some manner became
possessor of a saw with which he
sawed off the one-inch bars of his cell,
which is located on the second floor in
the southeast corner of the Jail, and
bent it sufficiently to permit him to
escape. He either dropped to the
ground below or one of the other pris-
oners may have held blanket out of
the window, pulling the blanket in
again after he had made his getaway.
Three other prisoners occupied the
cell with Redmond. Two of them are
Manson Anderson and 15-year-old
boy, Leonard Koivu, who were with
Redmond when he blew the Standard
Oil safe on the morning of July 18.
The other cellmate was Shirley, bet
ter known as "Shep," who is having
his hearing on the charge of stealing
a Ford car at Martin, N. D., the morn
ing that one of the bank robbers was
killed east of Minot. Shirley, who
has criminal record, told the sheriff
that Redmond bound and gagged him
so that he could not give the alarm
when Redmond made his escape.
"Shep' probably expects no one to be-
lieve the yarn.
The night before Redmond escaped
q prisoner occupying a cell on the first
floor told Jailor Mccartney that he
heard someone saving the bars in
cell above and warned Mccartney to
be on the lookout. The jailor went
to the second floor and looked around,
but could not see where the !bars had
been sawed. During Monday after
noon the prisoners on the second floor
sang loudly, no doubt with the idea
of drowning the noise of Redmond,
who was at work with the saw.
Just how Redmond got his saw is
not known. 1t is possible that "Shep"
slipped it to him, ,as 'Shep" had been
taken soNtof the jill, down town to the
Office ofsJohn Lynch, where bis hear-
ingAtwas in progress, and it Is barely
possible that he may have secured the
saw from some friend Of Redmond's.
This is merely = supposition, however.
Redmond is described as follows: Age
% years, height S feet, s IL, inches,
hail, dark brown, eyes blue. face thin,
lantern jawed, nose straight. m6uth
medium, ;twq laEse upper s tsssth. sam- n
diam, weisht 4 45 pounds, shoes z 1-2,
hat 71r8.: We're blue shirt, dark brown
suit, brown fedora hat. i
Redmond is said to be two-gun
man and q desperate fellow.
1t will be remembered that the men
secured about $40 from the Standard
Oil station. When arrested by Off
GERS Brown, Lily and Bronson near
the Eastwood park Ninth avenue ave-
nue. bridge, the officers recovered
1882, which one Of the men carried
in handkerchief. The other money
must have been cached somewhere and
it is possible on getting his freedom
that Redmond secured this money. Of
ficers are searching for him. He may
have gotten away from the city, tho
the only train he could have made his
escape on was No. 4 eastbound G. N.
train, which leaves at q. m. Sheriff
Scofield offers reward of $50 for his
arrest.
Redmond had waived examination
at his hearing and was being held to
district court under $4,000. A good
long term in the penitentiary was
staring him in the face.