Show To c i COMBINATION ON ROTARY IS SOLVE SOLVED L f Y k Ch Charles lles Riis Res Saws His Wa Way Out of the County Count Y Yf f t. t J Jail al I t r S RAPID WORK CRACKSMAN'S CRACKSMAN a r Sheriff Hud Been but r f f f v Search Scare of I Pd to I t DIHO cl Buries Sous i ir 1 i il a. a s r Sometime between the midnight t I i when ghosts and antI goblins an arc l- l supposed osell to hold high carnival ant an ami i 7 o'clock Thursday morning Charles hits escaped from tho the rotary eel col coli c room In the tho county count Jail which hns ha I for 12 years cars so well upheld tho claim clam I of its makers that n n. prisoner one once 4 within its steel bound clutch was wa I 4 there to stay Defective De De- is tho burglar arrested by v Wheeling while attempting t to sell ell a n valuable fur wrap which h hr he Had lind stolen In this city and was sentenced sen sen- i f f tU r j b by Judge Armstrong to sever seven a E the state stale penitentiary Thurs Thurs- c years In ht da day nils II nearly succeeded In freeing 1 himself from the police station the try night of or his arrest and as this was wa known to the sheriffs sheriff's office extra precaution was taken to guard against his escape z f- f t c On being taken to the jail after aft art his description taken was tva er cr having subjected to one of the most thorough t searches marches given a n. prisoner at that ever over idl or I institution Ills His clothes were tero stripped tt r i examined j from his bod body the seams scams J searched In the hope o of finding find find- of the with which he r. r ing lug some saws aws 1 had worked the nl night ht before The search over er he was placed In the detention detention de de- cell next to the tho jailors jailor's and kept there for about an hour after aUm which he hc was wa removed ed to the women's omen ward on the second floor noor which was unoccupied at the time In Iu Cell Coll With Another t About 1 11 1 o'clock Jailer Sperry went to ithe women's department and callIng callIng call- call Ing lug to took him Into the rotary rotan and placed tc pJ l. him In cell 6 in company compan with a prisoner onel named Schaeffer That was the last Jast seen of him Sheriff Emery Emen is certain that no nor r work volk was done dono b by until after 12 o o'clock as ns Schaeffer tho the other othel man manIn manIn manin In tho the cell was awake until that time and says RII was wa until that hour apparently apparently apparently ap ap- asleep on his cot Sometime after the midnight hour his ar arose so from his cot and with saws rows all 11 ready for u use c sat at down In front of or the bars of his cell cen and antl began work r With the aid and of a bar of or soap with which to grease e his saw sav sa v he ho quickly cut through h the lower part of the steel v bar and then putting his hand through to the outside of ot the bar he a again aln a 6 made mad an Incision about a half hair inch in r t t- t depth a th after f cr which by main strength th 4 Z wrenched tho bar off of and was free tree freeto work tho the bars on r t to continue his hilt on r the window Here the same procedure I ure was gone through the tho screen 1 y kicked loose from the window and t with sith a rope made mado b by tying his J lan lan- l' l together he dropped to the thc a. a t i ground and was gone f. f 2 Work Vork l Done ono quickly J Jt a t 4 Nothing was as known of oC Hilss Hils's s escape r until 7 o'clock this morning when Sher one 1 x of or the thc trusties went to Jailer Burbidge o that of or the prisoners prison prison- and told him one ers ars was calling for Cor help and anti asked f him to W come at once Burbidge accompanied ac ac- b Night Ight Jailer Larson N companied by hastened to the second floor loor o of the rotary suppo supposing that one one of or the prisoners prisoners pris pris- c s had commuted suicide i files They were told by Shaeffer the theother r other oilier lh r occupant of tho the cell that his i room mate had made his escape and lind anda r a a a. hasty search followed Inside the I cell cell lying bing on the floor was the thc piece of or steel sawed from the bar of the while lying In ht the tho window from which It ft had been cut was wag a piece of or the ile window bar barn the rope blanket from the window to the ground below Asked Route Houte to Texas Cus 4 H H. 1 L. L r Doc Gibson for Cor whom wino Riis rr when Short talon taken to the Jail said sold he could riot not give an any information about the man saying raying that though he talked talKed talK- talK ed cd to the h prisoner Ribs refu refuted refused cd to give any information about aboul his private affairs af affairs affairs af- af fairs but he did want to know the thc thea a t quickest way to get set to Texas This information Gibson gave him All of or the other prisoners deny ha haVing haV- haV ing lug heard the slightest sound during during- the tho night though how a a. two-Inch two steel bar could be broken by main force force- without anyone hearing It I Is Isu I x u a a. a mystery yet to be explained t That had no Intention of or re remaining re- re long Ions can be readily understood under- under stood when It is known that even during durIng during dur dur- ing the short time he hc was confined In Inthe Inthe the women's ward he hc had attempted to taw saw ort oft the tho steel staple of or the lock which holds the tho window bars In n place tho the lock showing several marks of or r his his' ready t saw aw 1 a confided to Gibson that this I was' was his first trip to the West He Is Isa isa a a. member In good standing of the Or Order er of ot in New cw Jersey where he was vms initiated under the name which he ho gave here when arr arrested arrested ar ar- J r rested sted |