| Show PRISONERS ESCAPE when jailer kimball went to the city jail mc aday morning to take lake the prisoners priE Onon their breakfast be learned shat time during the night an AD opening bad been mal mai e in one of the upstairs windows of the building through which eight of the prisoners among them W B R hart arrested ed on saturday for housebreaking and FH wash who is ie serving a term of days day for having burglars tools toola to in his hl bad escaped for some borne days day the be officers have been aware that a move was on toot foot among the prisoners to make a break for liberty jailer kimball having got wind of it on thursday last ask and since then the officers have beedon the cleft the plan first contemplated according to the officers was to cut their way through the bare ban but after considering the matter in view of the abe fact that the laet jast attempt to break jail wat war rewarded by lenience len esen tence or of eighteen months imprisonment by the oi district strict court they decided to change their plans plane their next thought was waa to wait for a favorable opportunity and overpower the auard to this ihla plan the officers turned their attention and ana prepared to live them a warm reception when they made the attempt attema t but the wily prisoners pria onera agail changed their tactics to the and lat night succeeded succeed eu in making their escape by means ol of fine tools toola they sawed flawed off three of the heavy steel bars bara in the south window and then out cut a square bole in the matting on the out through which they took their departure and so BO jar have eluded the vigilance of the police F H wash who was waa gentet oed cod oo on april to days daya for or having burg lars lara tools in his hie possession bad a charge of housebreaking banging over him he is IB about five toot et ton ten inches to in height beight dark complexioned brown beard all over bs face and a scar beat scion aero his hl throat apparently left irona from a cut extending almost from sat ear to 90 ear W H hart to about five feet eight inches in height sandy bandy complexioned sandy aandy moustache 26 years yeara old wore a dirty grey cost coat and vest light grey pants pania and black so 10 t hat he says lays be ties has been engaged in housebreaking for the past ten years lond has baa only beckh punished hed once during that time when arrested saturday Batur day the officers found in his possession the goods stolen from the brooke arcade buil dinal letters from his wife begging him to stop such business buol the others who escaped lost night were W E hunt servi nerving nir forty days dava for till tappin frank williams williami serving fifteen days day tor for trespass trea paM wm win henderon Hen denon serving twenty days day for deacent descent iu lu conduct and three chief pratt frail when approached by a NEWS reporter monday stated wat that h he Is had done the best beat he be could in guarding the jail fall with the limited force of officers he to la allowed but one jailor who la in there during the day while at night the jail la Is left practically without a guard as aa the patrol driber the only person to watch it is ia away much of the time he cited the fact tuat that uie the ogden chief was waa allowed two jal Jall lorr orp though there were yot not so ao many prisoners Bonen and a better belter the jail here had been condemned by many grand juries and la in his bis last jaet report chief pratt urged the necessity ol of erecting a new dew jail the mayor and board of fire and police commus loners had also recommended it thin is i the third attempt at jail breaking in the last year the other twice the officers oera captured them in the act there were over prisoners prie onen and lodgers put in the jail during the last year und the lodgers bad to be placed with the convicts in handling so 0 o many men it was waa very hard bard to keep them trosa from carrying ume some euola into the jail it to not long since anoe two men were caught la in the rear of the jail and imprisoned for trespass trea paw but it was not possible for the officers to keep men from sneaking ine aking up to the ibe rear of the jail at times he feela feel that some action should be taken to avoid aoh such occur rence and considers the jail fall a dir die ff trace race to a city of such magnitude as aa salt bait lake |
