Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-27
THREE MORE JAIL
RAIDERS TRIALS START
Breathitt Circuit Court Has AL
ready Convicted Two Who
Attacked Officers
tBy Associated PrcssJ

jackson, Ny, Mar. IL hrCc
men, charged with completely iu
the attack on the Brcathitt coun-
" jail on December ?. 1921. today
are expected to go on trial here.
They are Sam Grigsby, Luther
Noble and Louis Watts.
The trio slated for trial will
make a total OF five member, of
the band OF alleged Jail raiders,
to go on trial for the killing of
Albert Roberts and Miss Maggie
Allen, and the serious woundiug
of Mrs. Oscar Allen, wife OF the
jailcr. Three allie ,der, oi
the band. Bud Noble and his sons
Becchcr and Soldier Noble, have
never been caught.
Two of the men accused oi the
crime already have been tried and
convicted. Tom Porter. youth.
was found guilty ON Iauuar, 5rd.
and sentenced to life impri,ou-
mcnt, and ON january I. William
Watts was found guilty and scu-
fenced to death in the electric
chair. Porter is now in the re-.
iormatory at Frankfort auj
Watts is in the death house at
Eddyvillc.
The Brcathitt county Jail raid
was brought about. II /, alleged
10y a desire oi members oft thc
Noble family to rescue llarejs
and Willie Noble. Isaac Watts
and Alton Grig,by. who were con
fined in the Jail awaiting trans
portatiun tu the prison at Frank
fort. The men had been tried
for the murder of Joe Napier lul
the Mobiles and Grig,bys given
life sentences and Watt, two
years.
On the day before the raid the
Mobiles had been moved Co Win
chester jail to await the result of
etfdrtS To obtain a new trial. 10
is believed. however. that their
friends and relative did not know
of this.
Jailcr a. a. Allen. whose term
has since expired. went Co thc
door when summoned hy thc
armed band. He called tu hi,
son, Oscar. the deputy j5iicr. who
was ou the second floor. As
Oscar opened the door of his
room with the jail key iu one
hand a nashlight iu thc other. hc
noticed three men, ono masked.
standing ou the stair landing.
They pointed pistols at him and
demanded the Jail keys. Tie threw
the keys into a dark room and the
opened fire. The hrst
shot grazcd Oscar Allcus head
and Knocked him down. thu, proc
pably preventing his being killed.
His wife, who was ill. got uut
pi bed and rushed to the door beg
ging the men not tu kill her hu,-
band. One man grabbed her and
holding a pistol against her ab-
.iomcn fired a shot. Mrs. Nllcu
IS still alive but is not expected
to live.
by this time Miss Allcu. Albert
Roberts, her cousin. entered thc
hallway with a pistol. lie wa,
shot three times. but cmpticd his
pistol at the men who fired. and
i is believed nc wounded Bud
Noble. Roberts died seven hours
alter.
Immediately at l0otiug
roupS were sent 10 Jackson by
iov. Morrow. They remained
lcrc for several weeks, guarding
he jail and searching tho hills foT
soldier. Bud and Bccchcr Noble.
\t one time they sighted the men
md it was thought had them cor
lered in a cave. Later. however.
{ was discovered that the men
lad escaped through a little
.nown. entrance.
When the trials OF the men
harged with completely in the
aid were started, soldiers stood
-uard and under orders OF Judge
,am Hurst. searched every per-