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Show Jailer Tricked by TwoBurglars Permitted Himself to Be Victim of Jtuse Prisoners Were Unthken. Special to The Tribune. OGDEX, May 20. John Kane and William Wil-liam Moore,1 two prisoners at the county Jn 11. escaped shortly after noon today and have not boon apprehended. ap-prehended. The escape wa3 executed with exact nicety, and yet was one of the most daring moves of the kind ever attempted at-tempted at tho county Jail. Kan and Moore were in tho new section sec-tion recently constructed in the west end of the Jail, having the two cells nearest tho door of the corridor. When Jailer MIko Rellly went into tho Jail to feed tho prisoners all were supposed to be locked In their cells, but the doors to Kane and Moore's ceUs must have been unlocked, or the men had a key and unlocked un-locked them after the Jailer had left, as when ho returned later to get me emptv dishes the prisoners were hidden behind .. uiun hi mi; iiiuill jail- This Jailer Was Blind. As the jailer walked to tho cells the men slipped around and .darted out the door. Tho corridor door leading to their cells Is usually left ajar during the dinner hour, as the men tire all locked In their cells. "When the officer and Rellly returned re-turned for the dishes. Cave stepped to the corridor door to see that all was right, when a prlsor.er named Murphy, In the cell at tho farther end of the corridor, asked him for a match. As Cave stopped Inside he noticed tho blankets on Kane's berth rolled up In such a way as to make It appear that there was someone occupying occupy-ing It. At this Cave nsked for Kane, and Murphy repled that he was in the corridor. corri-dor. Cavo ran back, but to6 late. The two prisoners had slipped from their hiding place and out of the door. Thoy ran north toward Twenty-third street. Jumping Into a delivery wagon, and rode to Twenty-second street, where they took a street car, Kane paying the fare, and rode to Jackson avenue, where they took to the brush along the Ogden river. Too Fleet-rooted for Officer. Cave followed the men as far as he could, but they jumped fences with tho agility of a deer and, having a good start, got away. The entire Sheriff's force and a dozen police, officers scoured tho brush along the rlviT all :i fto-rnorin. but eoulil not locate the men. Sheriff Ralley believes the men unlocked their cells with a key manufactured in the Jail some time ago by a boy named Buryea, now serving a year's sentence in the penitentiary for burglary. Just before he was taken to the pen hc-was hc-was found wanderlnc around In tho corridor, corri-dor, and when asked how he got out of his coll he said that he had made a key out of somo wire and unlocked tho door. Ho persistently refused to surrender tho key or reveal Its whereabouts, but produced pro-duced the remainder of the wlro. It Is also thought that Murphy's request to the Jailer for a match was merely for the purpose of drawing him luto the corridor out of sight of the door, to enable the other follows to escape. Strangely enough. Murphy did not go, although his cell door was also unlocked. Ho merely iald he did not want to go. Murphy was Moore's partner and the two were awaiting trial for burglarizing the Beetzcr Jewelry store, while Kane was awaiting trial for housebreaking. I.ntc tonight the posso gave up the chase for the day. but It will be resumed early tomorrow morning. In the meantime tho Sheriff ha wired surrounding towns to look out for tho fugitives. |
