Show ESPERA TE W ALL I I I iMN IN INI I i i f 5 OO C COPPER COPPERI pr I I THEFT NOW OY I I II I I II WAT II I I I 1 Attempt to Break Prison Is F Frustrated r tr After Prison Prisoners I ers Had Attacked Barrier Barri Barri- I er er With Iron Brackets I I IHA I HA had ad s CharU-s Alexander Alex h xau x- x au ander er known as King Kill of I the thc Copper Cutters t been lodged I with Joss Jess Clark Clar hi his partner in ini Il IlI i the thc jail at Milford i iI l' l lII I county count than the pair made a desperate II attempt to break jail acco ng to toI I word b brought ought here today b by Sheriff if A A. A L J. L. L of Beaver county The I 1 attempt was discovered ered in time to defeat dI de defeat de- de feat its purpose c. c however and under heavy guard g the the al alleged copper thieves thic I have been transferred to the Die jail at Beaver for safekeeping Alexander was Alexander was arrested in m Salt Lake He lie and Clark Clarl ate ap u god alir-god to be bo responsible for a 1000 copper theft committed it at J Gold Springs twelve mlle miles from Modena I The man v a V.-HS V. ts s known kno 10 to b be dt de- de ile and no chances of losing lohing h him lum n i iera era taken Sheriff Fotheringham escorted I his prisoner safely to to the Mil Milford ford all ail ailand and placed him in confinement with vUth I j I Clark who is al also o known as a had bad I man and who had made a gun 1111 phI ph play wh which ich threatened tend to cost the life of the I arresting officer at the time he wa was taken Into custody by b- the Milford l mar mar- The Jail is a stone stone structure with W tl walls ails two feet thick Alexander became became be be- be- be came one of or its inmates Sunday Th The attempted break was vas made n-made Monday fonda night and was was- discoverer l by Sheriff I Fotheringham Tue Tuesday day morning The men had ripped off two pieces t tiron of Iron from the bun bunk brackets said the sheriff With these they had hadt at attacked attacked t at- tacked the stone slone wall wan with JUCh such good I i effect that another nights night's work would j have hay enabled them to remove one of or tho the stones and deliver themselves I i I Thc They must have worked rapidly rapid I for forI II I had made an Inspection at 1 1230 30 i o'clock 1 Monday Nonday night Ight and the work I had had not then hen begun Before daylight the they had ceased operations and had 1 cleverly covered with paper the marks mark of their tunneling I made an inspection tion however and fo found n 1 that the wall had been disturbed Only the extreme thickness of the stone wall all kept the men from making their getaway The jail however is dS none too strong The rhe one at Beaver is Ig little if ie any better and Clark and Alexander will be heavily guarded there I Sheriff Fotheringham is in th the city clearing up the details details' relative t c to res rest I to Its rightful owners of the pounds of copper wire which Alex Alexander and Clark are arc alleged to toI I 1 have haye stolen I |