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Show NEWS OF PRISONER'S ESCAPE SUPPRESSED .Too Davis, Alleged Street Car Holdup, Makes Getaway From County Jail.. The whereabouts of Joe Davis, the street car holdup, who escaped from the county jail shortly after dinner Monday evening, have not been learned, but a rigid search of tho city is boinp made. Tho story of the cscapo was suppressed Monday night by the sheriff's office, and it was not even reported to tho police until Tuesday morning. In making Ids escape, Davis, who was .In the county jail awaiting his preliminary prelim-inary examination on the charge of holding hold-ing up a Fourth North street car, the night of April 0, showed the same reckless reck-less deviltry he exhibited In committing the holdup. After eating dinner with the other prisoners, while the deputy was not looking, Davis slipped under the table and remained there until tho rest of the prisoners were taken back to their calls. The deputy out of the room, Davis crept Into the cellar of the jail and into the air chamber running to the roof between the rotnry cells. Climbing up the air shaft, he reached the roof of the building build-ing and then, descending, made his escape. es-cape. The escape of the prisoner was not discovered dis-covered until one of the trusties informed in-formed one of tho deputies that a man had escaped. Upon discovering that Davis Da-vis had gotten away, tho shorifT's ofllco begun a search for tho man and. not finding find-ing him, called for the aid of the police department Tuesday morning, when the facts about the escape were first publicly pub-licly learned. |