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Show HILL'S FIERCE IE. A Eefiaotory Prisoner Down at the County Jail Pays a Horribly Shocking Penalty, CAUGHT IN THE VICE. There is a Crashing of Human Bones and a Candidate for the his own incarnate fiendish nes.s, Charles Hiil alias Sam Hush, nearly near-ly had his arm torn from its socket down at the county jail this morning at 10 o'clock. Hill is the toughest one of the most elusive and one of the most incorrigible of the horde of incorrigible hosts that are contained within this place of con-linement. con-linement. Hill and a pal wero recently arrested by Captain Parker and Sergeant Ser-geant Donovan as suspects. L'pou his person was found an assortment of keys skeleton and otherwise and upon conviction of carrying burglars tools he was lined $100, while his subtle and cunning confederate was lined $."i0 and costs. This was the precious pre-cious pair -that was turned over to Sheriff Burt and with whom the vigilant vigil-ant turnkeys have found an incessant source of exasperating annoyance. Hill, alias Burt, was playing solitaire in his cell at 10 o'clock this morning when Jailer Burt had occasion to take ono of the birds from the rotary. Hill determined upon a little diversion at tho expense of the turnkey aud resolved to stop the rotary while it was revolving. re-volving. Seizing the rod he threw himself back with all his force. There wasa blood-curdling howl, a crash of human hu-man bones and he was pinned between the rotary and tho cage. The rotary was reversed as quickly as possible and Hill fell to the iron Hoor unconscious. His arm was severely crushed and broken bro-ken and he was subsequently removed to the hospital to which medical aid was summoned. Captain Parker ordered or-dered City Guard Burhridge to keep the injured man under survuilance until un-til such a time as he has recovered sufficiently suf-ficiently to enable the sheriff to receive him auain. |