Salt Lake Herald | 1899-08-24 | Page 5 | Escape of a Trusty

ESGAP Or i A TRUST Arthur Johnsonrs Bold Break For Liberty f LEFT THE COUNTY JAIL I BRUSHED PAT KEEPER AND EAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE t Mulatto Who Held Up The Ln ad i Shot William Elliott Tree Times Mad Planed His Escape and Broke Away Prom the JalerR ward For Hi Capture 1 Arthur Johnson the mulatto who slngehanded held up three men early one morning last April shooting Will lam Elliot three times during the ta cas made a darIng escape from the county jai yesterday t g a m and had not been apprehended at the time of goIng to press He was one of JU cr Thomas trusties and took advant trustes age of hIs liberty by brushing past his keeper and out of the door since which time he has not been seen except for tme the few moments the jailer ver much handIcapped pursued Johnson since his Incarceration has complaIned of heart trouble and atone at-one time was dangerously ill He was removed from the rotary to a downstairs down-stairs cell next to the jai entrance and being a good worker was subsequently admitted to the freedom of the corridor Escape Was Planned HIs escape it seems had been planned beforehand When the jailer brought the men out from the rotary for breakfast Johnson was in his accustomed ac-customed place and started preceded by the jailer through a blind door into In-to the kitchen Jailer Thomas turned to tel him t brIng some bread from a table behind Wm and then spoke to another trusty also behind As soon as his head was turned Jphnson made a dash fpr the door and got out rn ning through the Dig gate of tile jai yard across the street and south on Second West Thomas followed a short distance to the gate hurling a heavy brass key at the escape but without effect Fearing the other prisoners would decamp i he went further the jailer returned Hp had no gun as Johnson well knew and after the start the escape was easy A reward of 50 was immediately offered of-fered by the jailer for Johnsons recapture re-capture and the sheriff increased this to 100 Ogden and Provo were not fed to be on the lookout Johnson wore a shirt and overalls but is be Ueved to have worn a vest and hat beneath be-neath the shirt that he might change his appearance He Is six feet In height wears a short moustache and stutters He is as stated a mulatto The charges against him are assault with robbery a deadly weapon and highway