Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-03-08
PRISONERS BREAK JAIL
ALL CAUGHT BUT ONE
Blocdhounds Procured But Led the
Officers in Wrong Direction
One Escaped Convict.


nine O'Clock three inmates of the ia
made their escape. The men escape
are Millard Isbeil, a Holy Rolls
preacher, who was in Jail on chare
of carrying a pistol; Leonard Carper
tier, who was sentenced to the PEN
tertiary for robbing the sample cas-
OF Geo. T, Renfro at Hotel Taylo
here few weeks ago; L. w. Piment
or as it now develops his name i
| Leonard Fitzgibbons. an escaped con
vict from Georgia, who was in iai
on the charge of grand larceny.
1t seems the men were lead by Fitz
gibbons, who took a rail from his iror
ben and forced open the door of tn.
cell. He threatened to kill the other
prisoners if they made known his ef.
forts to escape, but as soon as the
three men had gone the other prison.
ers gave the alarm and Sheriff Wal
ker was soon on the scene. He at
once phoned to Joe Maddocks, Buff
falo Valley, for bloodhounds. Mad
docks and his dogs arrived on the
train Friday morning and were at
once taken to the Jail and the dogs
took up what was thought to be the
trail and went in the direction Of
Pleasant Hill The trail proved to
be wrong as both the men were cap
tured in the opposite direction, at
Grab Orchard and Ozone.
Carpenter was captured by depu-
ties of the sheriff at Crab Orchard
Friday about noon and Fitzgibbons
was captured near Ozone short
time later by w. H. Parham and
others.
Escaped Convict.
1t seems that Fitzgibbons had made
an effort to escape a short time be-
fore he made the getaway and sher-
if Walker had handcuffed him and
together in their cell Some
lime, either before or after they made
heir escape, Fitzgibbons had slipped
, thin, narrow strip of celluoid into
he handouts and thereby opened the
1andcuff that held Carpenter and re-
easel him, but he left the other hand
:uff@ attached to his wrist. He did
Tot stop at that, however, he had 4
case knife that he converted
nto a saw and proceeded to saw the
swivel almost in two. It
vas done in such a manner .at the
landcuff did not come apart nor did
he saving interfere with the free
movement of the swivel, thus render
ng tn real condition of the hand
uf very likely not to be noticed, yet
was so nearly cut in two that it
ould easily be broken when the hand
uffs were one him. Fitzgibbons evil
lently expected the Sheriff to handiuff
linn with the handouts that he had
weakened by the saving That would
lave given the convict chance to-
freak the handouts at the proper
ime and possibly use them as weap
N of assault on the sheriff. Sheriff
Walker disappointed Fitzgibbons by
utting on him another pair OF hand
uifs that were undamaged.
Sunday morning Sheriff Walker left
or Chattanooga with Fitzgibbons to
lcet Claud Mills, Deputy Warden of
he Georgia Penitentiary. Deputy
Warden Mills arrived in Chattanooga |
unday and promptly recognized Fitz-
ibbons as one of three who attempted
0 escape from the guards of the
Georgia penetentiary Dec. 7, 1921. One
the other men was killed by the
yards, one surrendered and Fitzgib-
ons was hit three times, twice in the
ght arm and once in the calf of the
ght leg, but made his escape. He had
cen sent to the penetentiary for
.rm of three to ten years last Octo-
er for stealing an automobile.
Fitzgibbons is man Of great
rength as he seems able to bend
nd twist the bars of almost any jail.
e damaged the Jail at Chattanooga
an effort to escape. When he made
is escape from the Georgia pene-
ntiary he did SO in spite of the ef-
rts of the guards to kill him and in
ute Of the fact that he had shackles
, one leg. He is not only a man OF
eat strength but he is skilled Grim c
al as well.
Facing Penitentiary. '
Carpenter was sentenced to term +
one to three years in the pene- v
ntiary at the last term of court to,
bbing the sample cases of Geo. T. b
miro while in his room at Hotel |;
Iylor some weeks ago. The attorn- O
S for Carpenter, who are Judge s.
N. Smith and an attorney from 7
ilder, asked for an appeal for Car n
ntier and he 10 he;n0 held here A
'aiting their action. The time for is
king the appeal will expire March d