Show HELP lEIP FROM THE OUTSIDE Jail Dynamited at Benton Mo MOI and Three ree Prisoners Make Their Th ej r Escape St Louis April 5 A telephone com corn communication was received from Benton in Scott county today that the jail jaB there had been blown open with nitro nitroglycerine nitroglycerine I glycerine early this morning and three I I negroes and one white man prisoners had escaped None was injured The explosion aroused the neighbor hood and Sheriff B Wilkinson hurried to the Jail In time to prevent six other prisoners from escaping The four who got away were Frank Baxter charged with robbing the postoffice at Blodgett Sam Carter charged with murder James Jordan charged with w th assault and Chester Scott charged with horse stealing Friends blew off o the jail doors to effect their escape They got away on a handcar and at Commerce crossed the Mississippi river in a skiff It is believed they the are now armed |