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Show Tries to Break Jail . . With an Iron Spoon Salt Lake City. Feb. 10,-Wlth an 'ron spoon smuggled into his coll after af-ter supper Thursday night, Wllllnm ownrd, held on n forgery charge dii,j Hourly through tho heavy brick walla of the city Jail yesterday morning and only lack of time prevented a possible csenpe. filtering the p.rlson nt duybreuk Jailer Joseph Hush noticed traces of mortar nnd brick dust on tho floor of the corridor. His suspicions wore aroused and ho promptly round tho weak, spot In the wall where Hownid had been working n moment berora. ! Howard wns In his cot, reigning f,Lh'. He was sentched nnd the spoon was round hidden In the bed clothes. " Howard asked It, M. lleckstend, captain ot detectives, Thursday Hint his arraignment on the forgery chor go !o delayed several days If pot slblc. Ucckstcad's suspicious were aroused, though tho motive for the. rcmicst wns not suspected. Howard evidently wished to be kept nt the city Jail rather than bo tnken to the sounty Jnll, where he would go after bis arraignment. Howard was arrested at the request re-quest or tho Portland Coffee house management. Ho wns found with n' large number of blank checks belong lug to tho cofreo house, where, he hail been employed ns a walter.One check had bo.'ti made out to himself nnd the name or Alfred Richardson, vice-preslilncnt vice-preslilncnt ot the company was forged forg-ed to It. |