Show THERE IS SO 10 BIGHT NIGHT story of or a jail delivery at the county court house while ft a reporter was passing th the 0 county court house last evening he be heard ibe yell 0 firel fire I 1 fire fire I 1 issuing from the basement where county prisoners are confined lie he rushed at once to the sheriffs office which be found lighted and breath levely told the officers ficera of that the court house WB wes on fire the sheriff laughed and emd told him that was but a 11 ruse the prison prisoners era were only amusing themselves the r reporter thought that was a rather dangerous amuse amusement ment as the prisoners Bonera might some day find th themselves am in the position ot of th the e boy who shouted wolf I 1 well 11 to scare the herdsmen when the wolf fl finally came me his cries were not heeded this also brought up the inquiry as to whether there waa was any night watchman stationed at the jail f ail the answer was in the negative by dint of hard questioning the story of a jail ail delivery leaked out the particulars of which have not formerly been pub lis hedl when loomis was arrested one night by marshal metcalf after having been chased into his arms on the bench by watchman verge and two representatives of 0 TUB tim STANDARD charged charge d with robbi robbing ng the ogden L liquor r companas comp anys nys store he was se sent nt to t the h e penitentiary to await trial in the meantime one ono of bis his pals commits a misdemeanor is arrested pleads cuilty guilty and is san sentenced to four months in the CO county u illy jail this was so nicely apanged that jig was to be in the cauntay jail as a prisoner during the time loomis stood trial for or the purpose e of aiding in his escape the officers were po posted e led by another prisoner and watched aled one night a couple of men appe appeared ared at the window and let down a rope this was polled pulled across the cell and aisle by a prisoner and closely measured ur d then to Loo miss cell and measured rd then thea pulled out and arid the distance from the window across the lawn to the west wall of the grounds above the cani canal al they went away next night they appeared again with picks and struck strack a few licks around the corner of the house they moved cautious ly around to the other bide side of the building the officers eager to see what was to be done there sneaked across the floor not so quietly bow how ever but that a little creaking n noise 0 i 1 F caught the sharp ears of loomis IZ it warned him that hia pals were watched he a loud cough they took the cue and departed like a streak when loomis was taken d down own to the penitentiary after sentence bla his partners placed a pistol in a private closet closel only oaly the refusal of the officer having him in ia charge to go with him ti to the clotet closet prevented his escape the game gains was up but bat the confederate still in jail was not to be allowed to lang languish A watch was employed but he left a couple of hours before the arrival of the sheriff in the morning this the rescuers calculated on nicely daring those two hours they effected bis escape the sheriff on his arrival found every door from the three doors in the office to the jail door and cell door securely locked but the prisoner was gone they bad had entered door secured the keys unlocked every other door taken their man locked up the place and hung the arg keys back and es escaped C sped that Is what t the sher sheriffs I 1 fro office has to contend with the likelihood d is that the county will lose more by not keeping a night watchman than it will cost to pay for one the whole jail si may nay be I 1 thrown own open and every p prisoner 1 n r escape C jh john n MI malone or br brennan anan or brown now in confinement is a desperate character and doubtless has friends on the outside some fine morning be he may turn up missing an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure |