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Show Attempt to llreak .Mil. Dkcati'K, 111., June i:i. The fourteen desperate prisoners in the Macon county jail made a bold attempt yesterday to escape by aaviug their way out through the heavily barred windows. Thri'Vi of the bars were severed, the prisoueis having niado saws out of uteel strip, used to b'.ud books that hud beeu given 'them by mouthers of the Young Men's Christian association. A. heavy iron railing in the jail had been severed, and it was to be bsed as a weapon of defense de-fense in case of surprise. The prisoners prison-ers were searched, and a heavy saw was found Iu their possession. |