Salt Lake Telegram | 1907-02-01 | Page 1 | Sheriff Warned and He Failed to Profit by It

SHERIFF WARNED AND HE FAILED TO PROFIT BY IT 8HERIFI" C. FRANK EMERY WAS NOTIFIED LAST NIGHT AS TO THE CHARACTER OF RIIS, AND THAT HE HAD ATTEMPTED TO SAW HIS WAY OUT OF THE CITY HALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS STATEMENT WAS MADE TO THE TELEGRAM THIS AFTER NOON BY CHIEF OF DETECTIVES GEORGE RALEIGH. CHIEF SHEETS SAID THIS AFTERNOON AF-TERNOON THAT HE WAS NOTI FIED BY ONE OF THE TRUSTIES, THROUGH PATROLMAN GEORGE PHILLIPS. A BAR IN ONE OF THE LOWER CELLS IN THE CITY JAIL WAS FART WAY SAWED THROUGH. AN INVESTIGATION PROVED THAT ONE OF THE BARS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WEST CORRI DOR HAD BEEN ABOUT HALF WAY SAWED THROUGH. R 1 1 had ht ep an i r "i ' e ,.f -he third c-i! ,.n Wed ii.-d a v 'ugh'. The d'.irs to fh" i" ' have not h. en ; -'or ,.m,. f !'. ' ' ' 1 lie ni a vi.) :..r to ..a, vv t h - on gi p e , .. ; t .. - bar a '-, i r ' . n '... w n d ow bar o pake g 1 ;o . ; .... Ft-r s.."ie re.as.ni inMiown t" 'he po 1 life, R'i s "tily saw- 1 h:t',t wa v t hrugli , 1 1 e fi rr b r 1 When the sawed hi was discovered yesterday afternoon Detective RaJeigh notified Sheriff Emry and Deputy Sinter that one of the bars in the city Jail had ' eon v?.rt way sawed through, and that it was believed that the work had bsen done bv Riis. In snlte of this warnias. it is alleged that the Sheriff failed to take any extra precaution to hold the prisoner. i Knen'l ..f S'o !''r Fmerv t''ii -if - tertl'ii.n t! it ti.e-e was n.i reason to i blaire t o S;-,. rjff; that the jail has nl wa I ' ii cor.sWereil safe They are asking:, however, why the night Jailer did not make the rounds of the jail during dur-ing the Mght. and if he did. how the man made his get-away and it was not discovered until nearly 7 o'clock this morning. ilete.-tist- who has had nearly twer-tv ears' eiperience sta'ed r.m afternoon that there was no duili; in hi mind but what Riis was one of the smoothest crook in the cotmfrv, That such a man ha friend n j every large ,-1 1 v in the country there is no question. i,e said. 'These friend are w'llm to do at'.xthing ncof sr for a man like Rn. 'Hiaf tVi"v would fur nih him with money to ,-t out of town there is no ouestion. In mv opinion , Riis is a memner of a gang who will ao to anv limit either in their work of roT- , borv or the get-away of one of the gang. If is unfortunate thit the man made hi escape. ' ' i