| Show SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS DELAY RETURN OF THREE E TRUSTIES TO CITY JAIL It Is not true that three men escaped from the city jail yesterday The three were merely 1 a little late In getting back to the jail last night after serving their time during the day da In Inthe Inthe he the the resorts of First South street and Commercial street The prisoners were a few days da s ago taken from rom the chain gang to act as trust trustee trusties lei ies ee and assist in tha th work of cleaning the city jail and police pollee headquarters They were John Allen a vagrant servIng servIng Ing ng a sentence of twenty days da s Red Higgins Biggins a II petty thief serving a sen sea sentence tence ence of 75 days and James Larson alias Marshall a Fort Douglas soldier sen serving Inga ing ng a sentence of 30 31 days for smashing the front window In a Chinese store Yesterday these prisoners spent the dreary day of confinement in wandering about the city relieving the tedium of durance In chatting on the street cor corners corners corners ners with any an person who would stop to talk to them while other less for prisoners labored In the chain gang out in City creek canyon under guards who compelled them to wield pick and shovel ceaselessly The three trusties last night did not at the city eft jail In time to be bo locked up at the proper hour This caused the natural Impression that the three had escaped and search was begun for them S S After dark however howver the prisoners re reo returned returned turned and denied that they the had made any an efforts to escape They had merely been detained by their downtown engagements and had deferred their return to the city jail until it suited their convenience Red Rigging Higgins was ws w s deeply concerned about abou the possible anxiety of the police concerning his movements S Lemme said he I 1 met a friend an he was wis goin gum away awa on a train so I went down to the depot to see him himoff himoff off of what kept me late I The other two had excuses |
