Show THROUGH THE JAIL I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ff I 1 I 1 desperate men close to liberty i I 1 A 9 EIGHT WERE IN THE PLOT 11 I 1 brown russell kussell and lee dangerous i characters Charac tera work a holo hole la in tho tha 1 sono S ono wall and fall into the arms I 1 of officers when they drop I 1 through the tha opening two cells calls completely ruined under guard but bill for the timely discovery by the tha pollee cers a gang or of eight deeper deaper ate men would have escaped froom born jau jail I last st night it II was just atter after dinner and all was waa quiet at pollee headquarters the chief captain a few attaches and others were enjoying the usual solitude 1 C I which hovers n round around fl a pollee station 4 on a quiet sunday event evening ever yone j was longing for something exciting to il I turn up when in rushed officer carey i with the startling information that a r k i bold attempt was belne being made to break H L jail and that a constant and loud saw gaw j 1 tl ing and thumping was going coins on at tho the x southwest corner of the prison ariso n ai the chief and captain donovan donivan in ta v iea avig a ted immediately lid id found a t S saw e continually 0 n dually boiking through the tha I 1 itile south E ride about ten feet from tho he ground and only elx aix feet from the tha southwest corner As the stone stona was nearly cut and all the damage done dona I 1 which could li be done the tha chief deter mined to await developments and set i I 1 E several veral of the officers behind the fence i to watch the proceedings I 1 MADE A BIG OPENING I 1 it was about i 8 p in when the big brown stone fell to the ground being pushed out by one ot of the imprisoned thugs the ne hole was large enough to allow a full grown crown man easy exit pretty soon the watchers saw a head I 1 protruding from the aperture and the head proceeded to look up and down for or the sight of a bluecoat but finding the coast clear the escape was begun tho the head was drawn in and replaced by a pair ot of legs tho the descent deacent being attempted feet foremost the officers thought they would give elva the tha prisoners a little taste of 0 liberty just as aa a terrier plays with a rat so I 1 the man was allowed to make maka the do da scent only to drop at last into the out stretched arnis arms of captain donovan I 1 i another had by this time got started in the downward night flight for liberty only i to be en folded as aa his pal had been A third heard the noise of 0 the capture and hovering a moment in ili midair decided that discretion was the better part ot of valor and ser arnved back bach to hla his cell not knowing just what tho ills t trouble was tho the two men caught were J W russell and tom brown two dor dc men of the very worst class who are ara doing time for burglary the other ringleader was n E lee a holdup hold up and there were five others in the jail ready to follow the leader in his wild break for liberty there was waa a short scuffle before the tha men could be carried back and the ow cers had to use a little force and effect five persuasive powers GAGGED A PRISONER ER v on entering tho the jail jai alow gurgling sound reached achel rc the ears of the officers and on investigation they found a t oner known as aa shorty tied in hia hloi J cell and nearly suffocated lie he was I 1 tied handland han dand foot while stout cords were wound around his body and a wet not handkerchief was placed in his mouth f i his Is head being also tied tightly lightly with a wet net towel ile he was wag not ot of the same sama class as th the e men who he L started the attempt to escape and so not trusting him they fixed him so he peach but the poor fellow was nearly done up arid and it if aft to his tato fate tor for long would have nearly lied died RUINED THE CELLS an inspection of the jail showed that the cells where the mn had been confined had been completely ruined the cell doors had been broken and tho the locks wrenched off while everl bars had bad been also detached to be used aa tools to dig out the mortar and stone of the two foot toot wall the saw wed in cutting the mortar and stone had been made of a long piece of iron and did its work well so no well in tact fact that the tha stone came out leaving a hole which was very nearly a perfect square the men had evidently been working on the job for hours as a similar nole nol e was heard saturday night although al the tha ja jailer I 1 er attributed it to the men breaking cool coal that the idea has boon longa long premeditated la 19 assured by the fact that the inan acol have made efforts to remain in jail and their lawyer asked that they bo be retained there at the preliminary arhl held recently about four days aro ago the tee locks acs of I 1 their cells were all found to have been tm t and tle the services of a lo 10 were required to fix them and since that time a watch has brea kept around tile the jail to he prepared to foi any attempted outbreak the portion of the jail which was cut cul so easily has always been thought to be A absolutely safe as aa a ge jsn en 1 era cral idea preva prevailed ailed that arnn bars were wera morti ged in the stone though many attempts have hern bern miida in pile to brosk the jhc i jill this Is the first time in thirty years bat that an attempt has ha been ande to cut chiyu through gh this wall and the case with which it was lone done lant night sh shows 0 thill thab i the whole dingy structure 14 entirely tor for the uses required of it the interior of the cells choro the mn had been at work Is virtually ruined find and L a large surn sura will be required to repair it it 4 UNDER SPECIAL GUARD F two cells were untouched and in k these the men were 1 janney standing guard over them dur 1 inc the night 4 0 1 drawn brown rus russell and lee are all dnn berous mm to lie bo nt alt lire in a community and they had for obe able assistants al and prisoners crisone rs known its as steve allers and egon with a cou I 1 pie more vagrants I 1 |