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Show fOUMG WOMAN BREAKS FROM COUNTY JAIL I $ A A A A Girl Finds Spoon is All She Needs to Escape From Cell pLIMBING through a transom in the women's ward of the county jail last night, Helen Brewer, 1 5 years old, of Pres- 1 ton, one of the first girls arrested in the vice raid of the police department, obtained her liberty. Using the handle of a spoon as a screwdriver, the girl; , removed several large screws from the heavy wooden transom ' jand then climbed through into the corridor. She left the jail 'building through a side door. Ella Southwick, a prisoner serving a term for petty lar-jCeny, lar-jCeny, was in the same room. She refused to accompany Miss Brewer to liberty, although she was urged to before Miss Brewer left, she said. The escape was discovered shortly after 9 o'clock last night and the Southwick girl said that Miss Brewer departed shortly after 8:15 o'clock A few minutes after Sheriff Pin-; cock and Mrs. Pincock had left to go downtown, Miss South-wick South-wick said that Miss Brewer turned to her and declared, "I'm going to get out of here. Will you help me?" The Brewer girl then climbed upon a chair and began removing re-moving the screws from the transom with the spoon handle The work was completed in a few minutes. Miss Southwick ! declared the girl then put on her hat and coat and climbed 1 from the chair to the transom, first removing her shoes. She dropped softly through the small opening so swiftly and softly that deputies in the office were not aroused. Once in the corridor, Miss Brewer put on her shoes and 'after bidding Miss Southwick "goodby" through a small opening in the room door, she opened a nearby door and disappeared dis-appeared into the darkness. t |