Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-07-26

during the early hours on SATURDAY
morning.
To gain their freedom required the
saving off of six bars of steel which
was accomplished by hack saws,
three of which were found in the jail
corridor after their escape. The re-
moyal of two bars from the cell oc-
cupied by two Of the prisoners al
lowed them to gain entrance to the
cage from which they entered the
outer corridor after removing two
more bars of steel Here they were
Joined by two more prisoners and the
four escaped through an east end
window from which two more bars
were sawed.
All four OF the men were being held
for smuggling Cinnamon into the
states or as witnesses. Joseph
H. Roberge known to be
one of the big men in the SNUG
Cling business was facing an Atlanta
sentance, he having been caught with
seven Cinnamon early in May. He is
81 years of age, five feet in. height
$50 pounds. He speaks good English
and halls from Montreal, P. @.
Elzear Carrier, one of the four
who made their get away was caught
at Berlin, N H., the latter part of
May as he was conducting party
of Cinnamon through the state. He
is a French Canadian from Hereford,
P. O., speaks good English, % years
of age and weighs 165 pounds, with
dark hair and blue eyes.
Max Dawner is a Russian Jew from
Sherbrooke, Pc, 80 years of age,
dark hair, five feet three and weighs
120 pounds.
Adelard Anger, the fourth member
of the party, is 35 years old, five
feet six and a half, grey eyes and
dark hair. He halls from Victoria
vile, P. @.
Post office employees and mail
clerks on going to the Federal build
ing about four o'clock Saturday
morning had their attention attracted
to the Jail by cries from one of the
prisoners. Shortly after, Charles
Briggs, hearing the disturbance ap-
preached the jail window and was
then informed by the one calling that
four men had made their escape.
Officers were then notified and search
instituted, Charles j. Cote of Fitch
burg, Mass, sentenced last week to
80 days in Jail and to pay fine of
one hundred dollars and costs for
operating an auto while under the in
fuence of liquor, was the man who
caused the escape to be known.
The bars of the corridors and cells
are supposed to be of chilled steel
able to Withstand any attack with a
hack saw but from the way Roberge
and banner cut and slashed them
they might as well have been OF
cedar. This is the second attempt
on the part OF Roberge to saw his
way to freedom. On May 70 his
plan was foiled when he was caught
saving his way out through an east
end window. 1t is a mystery in the
minds of many people how he came
| into possession of the saws with
which he and three other prisoners
| made their escape, and a thorough IN
vestigation on the part of proper Of
| ficials would not be amiss.
u. S. Custom and immigration of.
| ficers at this port have been doing
a good work recently in rounding uI
| this class of criminals which entities
them to much credit and the results
| Of their efforts would be hard tG
equal at any port. Since Roberge
made his first attempt at a getaway
4
case disposed of and session Of thu
| United States Court was set fol
| Newport the first of July, but fO1
ed. Such men as Roberge and other
recently caught in the smuggling
business are notorious criminals AM
| are hard to capture.
/ These foIF Men, all of whom wer,
Canadians, we'll knew that only sever
miles separated them from q lant
where they would be free If it could
be reached and were keen to take any
] chance to set foot across the border
The escape could not have been per
! fected without one or more accom-
! plices. The saws used were evident
| ly secured by some outside party anc
| to gain possession of them they
would be willing to pay handsome
return. 1t is to be presumed thai
autos were in waiting for them tt
speed them across the border.
Breaking Jail is of course, an ex.
trictable offense, so that the criminals
are quite likely to soon again be re-
turned to the Newport quarters.
The hour of their escape
must have been between one ant
four o'clock as the night traffic Officer
claimed he visited that section around
one o'clock that morning.
| Adelard Anger is supposed to have
a wife, Della Anger, residing at st
Lucien, Que, Elzear Carrier also ha!
wife by the name of Josephine, re.
siding at Hereford, Que. Joseph III
Roberge known to be the most no
torious of the four. has a father
Elzear at 1881 Notre Dame, Mont
real. Max Dammer who occupied tn,
cell with Roberge claims to have ia
Their, by the name of Sam, at n
Wellington ST., Sherbrooke.