Medford mail tribune., August 13, 1925, Image 6

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PRISON
BREAK
THIRD
KIND
OF
HISTORY, STATE
OF
JONES 10
BE BURIED IN
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KALAMAZOO, Midi., Auk. fit. I A.
I'.) A roHolution lUiiiuinillnK tlint (inn.
II. Curtor ho oiihUmI uh pnlillc iirlnter
of the United Ktatun wim niloiiled
without a roll cull by thn liitcriiutiunul
TypoKraiililcal I'nlun today.
With tho rcHottitlon aH mloiitiiil whb
couilcil an aiical t Undo union
worlmin tht ouKliout I he United States
to inako Ciutor'a removal from office
an Ihhuo duriiiK all eongieiiijlomil clou
tlonx in IMG.
I ho rnHoliition wim Intiodiicod hy
KM)i:ri;n gave alaiim.
(Continued Tr&m Pact On)
' -' ' ArMinal It llaklrtl O
"Vou're oruzy," anHwercd White.
Murray, thon recognized him. and
evidently Jinnwlng that White did not
. 1 1 " '.
tMI.KM, Aug.' 13. The Btlitu iriall
brruk here late ypHtrrduy. which re
aultcd In the killing; of kuui-iIh J. M.
lloliuun nnd John Kuoeiioy and Ore
gon JonCH, Cflrnplnir convict, unR tho
itrrioiiH woundliiK of Lute Kiivuk',
another guard, wan the third dcllvory
of major importance that hat) oc.
mlrcd at tho Orcein prixon. Tho
first' wan that led hy "Kltldi Jack"
July 8. 1883, In which threo convicts
wore killed, nnd the accond waa tho Ja(.f)) Wn(.11(,r (n1,Kt0 fnml Whh),.
ewape of Harry Trucy and Uuvld (,.,, u c who declared Carter
Merrill, Juno 9. 1S02 In which RUurda WUH ,1()(lnK ofncc violation of Ilia
Krunk Korrell, H. II. T. Jones and !W wh((.h tlB lllhc irntcr
u. K. Tiirany were kihc.i. i hit -muHt bo a practical printer , veined In
later killed Merrill and before hla . Hrl of uooklilniliiis." It referred
aroer wa ended by aulclilo. when t0 carter an a "menace to an efficient,
held at bay by a pome, ho had killed econnitik-iil. lair public service," and
aevernl moro men. Ia "olKll)ln, liicoinpetent and Intoi
, Tho Tracy-Merrill bleak occurred orallt pphii,; boiviiiU, who Iiiih Iiociiiiio
at 7 o'clock In the mornlnit. KlfleH, a tyrant In office."
believed to have been mmiKKlcd tol William MiKKina of IMiilad-lplilu
the convlcla from outHlde the prlnon, aaked every nionibor of Die union to
twero aecreted in the foundry and return home and "phi down" his con
were gotten by the two convicts after ( (rossman or senator on lliu question
incy naa ueen marciieii imo ine shop, of oustlfiK Carter,
was exhausted and had to have Iho have thkcya gav. nl, attention to
intention of a doctor myself." James Ncsmilh. the turnkey. Jonea
As they entered J he hospital also rushed Ncsmlth and slussed Ne
grounda the convict grabbed Mrs. amlth In the Jaw, flooring him and
Alice Ogburn and a man named Mc-'posslbly breaking hla Jaw. Nesmlth
Kliuy. attcndunla at the hospital, was In a dazed state yntil taken home,
shielded themselves behind them and Ills keys were taken ami tho arsenal
ordered tho man and woman to opened by tho desperadoes,
guide them to, tho highway, whdrol p0ur Winchester rifles, a shotgun
they doubtless Intended to comman-an(1 two boxes of cartridges were ta
dcer an automobile. They freed tho ken frDIn thB arMna. besides the tar.
MAl.l'iai, ore., Aug. 13. vrowus ui ,iwo wuun iney auuucniy spieu "nu,trldgC8 tno guns.
people, totalling more than 7000 in "ib laxicau.
had
oitKGON jo.m:s kim,i:i
(Continued Prom l'nge' ne)-
the fstlinatlon of attendants,
filed past tho body '4f- Oregon Jones,
who loot his ''deatn in last night's
priMini riot, by 1 o'clock this morning. ' ; ,
a conilni h .ncni ..f sons, be- Kclcr who never was captured, and is
ii., n,.,i i,..i ev,nin .n,i con- believed to Imvo been killed at Tiu
T, .7 .....n t., Juaua.
11'HIIIIH UIIHI iiikiiiikii-.) LU-
ourly IhiM tiim-iilng and cont ImiiiiK j
j iiiiulmti f Into tho aflcrnuon, entered
tho hoadnuurtei-H at tho Im-iil coro-
iut, iuHKel down Into tho buMt-ment
wln're tho hotly repoHeH, viewfd tho
rtMiiulna and wont on tlielr way.
Tin crowdw Included women
u-ell as men, younf as well iih old.
Only thu very youuRCHt of ehlldrcn
wero ic Tuned admlHHln. Women and
KiiJu. rariKinu down hh low as 1 0
feneo, and wuh returning to Mh office
I fur the mull, llin attention wuh at-
Uructcd by Murray, whom ho saw-in
.the yard., fho warden went through
hlH office toward tho turnkey's office
and aaw the otherH. He knew It
would be uhoIomh to enter the turn
key's office where he would have been
lHlj'ym1u SImkHn Murray.
Warden Dalrymple hud Just flu
ihhed din net at, his Iiouho near the
prison cntr'unca.otUtsldG, the Icon froni lrom post No. 2 to fcllove him and
.' The convicts began to shoot at once.
Two shots were fired through the
south window at Guard Charles Mc
Kltitey on post'Ko. 7. nnd McKJnlev's
molitb W4id titled wlh brick dbst
when the Lillet h hit the tower.
About the sumo time the convicts
bOKun shooting through the north win
doy at poBt No. J, wounding Holmun
and killing Bweoney. ilolumn was hit
first. Bweeney ran along the wall
was shot through Iho-head, dying In
stantly. W. E. Gardner, another
guard, went to aid Holman, taking
his gun and helping him down stairs.
A bullet from tho convicts knocked
tho rifle from his hands. By this time
Guard Davison had arrived at No. 1
post. He run outside, prepared to
year,. , in age. comprised nearly half lmm)C wth ln0 0(her offl(!epai hQ pt3 flre on lno convi'cts, Tho con
Tho convfi-ts wern dead shots. Kiir-
Jell was shot while In tho foundry.
Jones was picked off tho north wall
at 150 yards. The desperadoc-H used
Tiffany as a shield aflnr they hud
gotten outside tho wall and Ihi'ii
killed hlin.
Tho convicts loft Hulcm, but re
turned that night and held up J. W.
jHoburls, taking clothing and a team
of horses from him. Tho next day
two posse members were hold up
and horse and buggy and rifle
taken from them. Truce of tho con
victs ,was lost neur Needy, Clucku
juaa county, but on Juno 15 they
stole horses at New lira and early
in, the morning drove into Portland.
Three men wove . caught outside Port
land and' compelled to row thorn
across the Columbia river.
Clurki "county. Washington, posses
pursued .them without success, al
though dully the outlaws were com
mitting robberies. Their next np
pearanco was at Ia Center, Wash.,
on Juno 21, and next they woro in
Olympfa after being chased by posses
and- bloodhounds through so vera 1
counties. To roach Mallard and thon
Heattlo they compelled somo .fisher
men to row thorn across u stream,
1 'Trucy was now traveling alone, and
let It bo' known that he hud killed
Merrill In a duel. On July 3 Deputy
Sheriff Raymond of Snohomish coun
ty and K. E. Broese, a police officer,
were killed by Trucy and ho futully
wounded a deputy' game warden
named Kawloy of ticattle. Tho body
of Merrill wuh found at Napa vino,
Wash., July 14. Tracy appeared at
Iloslyu, W u tih., July 23. and ubout
a week lalor at Wenutohoo. Next ho
ppeured at .t'ouleo CUy und ititji
villo ' On AugUHt fi a posse sur
roundPd him in a wheat field at
Ffillowu, where ho commlltod suloldo
after being wounded.
' The toll of Tracy's rifle was seven
nen killed and ono wounded.
In tho break of July 3, 1883. 14
men csuuped over the wall, and three
of them woro killed ns they wont
out by Clifford Htilwell, a guard, In
cluding Hltku Jack. Of the 14 tnon
who gut out, one, Old Houucnmp,
Notorious criminal, was killed by a
IJiho near Wuodbiirn, and all the
others woro suhsptimmtly captured
except a ,tnun named Dlsbrow.
Rapturing the wurden. Georgo Col
lins, and an overseer mimed George
Fletcher, the convicts inarched them
with knives at their throats toward
the gato, ordering Collins to havo
the gate opened by Htilwell. Stllwell,
hearing the order, said:
. 'What shall I do. Collins?"
' "Open the gate," Collins answered,
Stllwell opened a gate, but It was
Hut tho large gate, but a small one
beside It that did not loud entirely
outside. Klotchor and Collins riiHhod
putslde the gate, and cither I'letihor
or Htilwell then closed tho gate,
cutting off the escupe of ubout lit
other prisoners who were In the plot.
Ono was caught immediately outside
by AUto Voutt-h, an employe of the
prlnon. (
, .Many of tho prisoners rushed to
tho turnkey's office to got firearms,
hut their efforts In the main wore
frustrated, largely by the work f
titllwoll. who pourod bullets Into
thorn with much effect. In a scuffle
)hey got a pistol from the turnkey,
a man named Gobut. nnd a rifle ho
longing to Superintendent Strutton
of tho prison.
FORD CAR TO COST
$1100 IN GERMANY
" 11ERMN, Aug. 13. The duty on
' nn ordinary Kbrd ntnomohllo import
ed Into Gormuny will bo ubout $finu
1 under tho new tariff net which was
pusHcd without amendment by tho
i-tdch stuff today. The oar will sell In
Germany fur 1HMi, but even at thi
price American manufacturers expect
a oonslderabte sule.
FIRES POLICE CHIEF
SAN JOSE JAIL
HAN JOKE, Cjtl.. Aug. 13. (A. P.)
- Kour men escaped from the county
Jail here lust night und are being pur
sued today by a posKce headed by
Sheriff George W. Lylo und Chief of
Police John iiluck. The fugitives, and
tho churgos on which they woro 'held
arc:
Wllliuin ("Ked") McCarthy, bunk
robbery; Otis V, Smith, forgery; Geo.
Murray, burglary, l-Yed Trotlen. stulu
tory offense.
Tho men sawed their way out of
tlxdr cell una escaped from the Jul!
by means of a forty-foot rope, lowered
from tho roof by someone who hud
cut it In from the outside.
the crowd
Tho faco of tho man, who hud
made a name for himself among the
most notorious criminals in the west,
was sold by thoso who know him to
io reposing more peacefully than It
had ever reposed In life.
uit-Kifii juiiiB ijiuuiei, lt. -juhto wingetj Murray
of Grunts Pass, und his sister, Mrs.i
II. Hull of Portland.? arrived lit Salem run j
the body. It will be shipped to
Grunts Puss, tho Jones homo town.
In a few days, the brother Btutod
this afternoon.
Jon Ko'a Guard
early thin nioinlnit to tuko eliaiKO t . .. .outhH,do o( th0
wing and up atopa leadlne Into a uhbrt
corridor between tho parolo office and
the turnkey's office. Tho other two
liiNtciul ho ran back to his house and iVIcts having loft the building and
iirnicd hlmaolf with a HhulKun. Judg- I crossed the yard, they - entered the
Ine that tho convicts would ko toward Itoworand killed Holinan. i Guard Lute
the stato Insane hosiiltal, the warden Savage waa returning from dinner
hastened to the prlsun garage, also along the penltentlary-atate hospltnl
outside Iho walls, and lay. In wait. It road and rushed to po8tA'Q..2, where
was from this auibu.scado that he iho waa shot.
little later. Vavlson "Gels" Jones r
The convicts got out of the prison
entered from the northsidc.
bnlnn. In ha lrfn I
T. unarics Aicivinicy, a guaru. anu niauu
ja pass at htm with his knife. McKln
I Icy parried tho knife and Jones struck
McKlnicy on tho jaw with his fist.
flooring the guard, but McKJnloy
Jumped up and ran from the corri
dor, across the yard and to post' No..
7, where he'got his rifle. - ',
About the. same time that Jones at
tacked McKlnley, Murray, the leader,,
encountered John Davison. Thrusting
elderly his knifo at Davison. Murray mutter-
'Glve me the keys to the arsonal,
Chinese Cook's Fear
of Quake Devil Is'
Allayed by Sheriff
enclosure by the stairs at post No. 1
and it was hero that Davison killed
Oregon Jones, drilling him through
tho head aa ho went over the wall.
Jones nltchcd headlong to the ground.
All.'had Shortly afterward Warden Dalrym-
tho corridor Jonea j met )pio -opened firewith Ills shotgunt,
wounding Murray. Fifteen bullet In
dentures were found in tho north wall
of post No. 1. . v
Murray staggered, but recovered
himself and with the other two ran
toward the state' hospital, a quarter
of a mile north 'the prison. . At the
hospital C. V. lvltts. an attendant,
who had resigned, had called a taxi
cab to take, himself and Ills belong
ings down town.' The fugitives order
ed Zina Zinn. the taxicab driver, to
let them into tho car and also ordered
lvltts to get In. Zln was ordered to
drive cast, contrary to first reports
that they had gone through Salem into
Polk county, and which caused the
first posses to cross tho. Willamette
river In a direction opposite to that ac
tually taken by the fugitives. .
That Zinn and lvltts. were not com
pelled to remain in the automobile
with the desperadoes all night is prob
ably due to Zlnn's making tho con
victs believe the car was almost out
of gasoline. " Undor , their threats ho
SANTA HA It HA II A. Cal.. Aug. 13.
A. 1'.) Hop liny, Chinese cook 111
l.os Olives, grew nervous over the suc
ceeding light shui'lis resulting lii the
mirth's adjustment following the
ituiiko here on June 2!l. and ciimu r3
miles yeatenlay lo tho nlflee of Sher
iff James Itnss lo report that a ('lit
nose devil Wiis causing the disturb
ance. A siniill shock occurred as he
was talking to the sherlrf at 1:40 and,
wild eyed, the Chinese ran lnlo the
street muttering and praying. Tho
sheriff assured him that ho had caiir
lured the devil and that the shock he
had just Tell was the final gasp of the
culprit, wliu was just then being
thrown lulu the sen. Credulous unci
itppiirunlly HollsTlcd the I'lilniimiiii er
Mirned home.
Ir. Charles Katburn. an
man and resident of England, died ed:
today at the Sacred Heart hospital or I'll cut'your heart out.1
as tho result of a severe heart at-j Davison Kos Murray
lark which began last Tuesday wlillo. Instead Davison lifted a foot and
he- and his wlfo were camped on the kicked Murray squarely In the abdo
Uiamond lake road several miles men. knocking hi nuigalnst a banuis
this side of the lake. ' ;tcr that guards a stairway leading
. Dr. and Mrs. Katburn hnd been downward, and almost precipitating
touring the United States by auto- him Into- tho prison basement. There
mobile. -When they reached tho is a bit of humor about this Incident
Diamond hike country tho altitude bocause Davison, years ago when he
was too high for the doctor. . When .llvod In Umatilla county, was known
first attacked, forest rangers phonod as "Bog JToot1', Davlaon. .
fur the. iimliiiliince. When It urrlved Davison immediately left by a north
the sick man was unconscious. ' I door Into the yard and ran to post No. : drove the three to i school house a
No arrangements have as yet been 1 on the north wall and armed him short distance east of Pratum, about
niiulo by bis wlfo concerning the self with a rifle." . '. .', nino' miles east of Salem. Zinn said
disposition of tho body. Going on Into tho turnkey's oflfce Murray seemed to know the .country
the convicts found several officers to thoroughly.
Karl Aliors, who has been In dispose of. . Murray thrust a knife at i Zinn kept telling tho fugitives that
Klamath Vails for the past several I'oto White, a guatd who was writing ho was almost out of gas, "and near
days transacting business, returned at tho dcsk,.aiid ilojjiii.uded the keys to . Pratum informed thein that tho, cn
lo his home In tho city yesterday.' the nrsenal. '' Iglne was about ready to atop. .
' Drive to Scliool HommP
"Thou drive behind that Oichool
house," ordered Murray.
Zinn did so, and he and lvltts were
ordered out of the car. TheWonvlcts
exchanged, several articles of cloth
inc with them, then tied the two men
to a trco and gaged them. warning
them under penally oi um i
tell where tho convicts had left tho
car. Soon oftor the convicts went
on Zinn and IvJUa worked themselves
loose and returned to Salom In Zlnn's
car. 'i - i-
A.ltcudait Is Robbed.
Keforo the convicts left them they
robbed lvltts of. over H50. but gave
him back 110 and took several dollurs
from. Zinn. - '
" Zinn Is'an orderly man. ' , : . '
"I. have seen a guod. deal of gun
play In my time,!' ho said last night,"
and' have had' somo. thrilling experi
ences, but never anything like I went
through tonight'."
Zlun mdd- lhc convicts oohtlnually
threatened lilm and. lvltts during the
trip.' Murray, he said, claimed No
I killed , both lluliuan and Sweeney.
This Is apparently not I roc, since one
was killed with f iotgun and the
other with a rlfloi T)e cqnvicts ap
parently did not ' know they had
wounded Savage. . " '
"I shot: point blank, at him and
missed lilm," Murray said in tho auto
mobile '
Zinn said Murray was wounded ,in
tho arm and sldo from tho warden's
shotgun.. ' '
It dovelbped today .that tho reason
Guard.''' Davison failedi' to cllminato
more convicts from the man hunt af
ter lie had shot and killed Oregon
Jones was .due to tho fact 'that his
ammunition fulled,, le had seised tho
gun used by'Guarj Jaihes Holinan af
ter Holman had been killed by a con
vict. Holman had been firing his gun
at tho escaping prisoners and consc-.
quonlly but one or two cartridges
were left In the magazine whon Davi
son scoured tho weapon.'.
Holman and Sweeney, the dead
guards,1 both leavo families In Salem,
Holman a widow, two daughters and
a son. and. Sweeney a widow, daugh
ter and son. Holinan was a brother-in-law
of Warden Dalrymple, being a
brother of Mrs. Dalrymple.
, Joues a Desperate Character.
Oregon Jones, tho dead convict, was
received January 20,: 1923, from Jo
sephine cdunty to serve 20 years for
assault and. robbery. He was 23 years
old. With four other convicts, including-
Murray and' Kelly, Jones es
caped from Inside tho walls March
28. 1924. .All-. the others were soon
caughu but Jones not for months later
when he waa arrested In Sacramento.
Kllswbrth Kelly was also received
from Josephine, county on tho same
date as Jones,- and his crime was aid
ing theJohes brothers to escape jail.
Ho was. serving 20 years. Ho is 28
years old.
Murray was received from Lane
county December . 31, 1923, for as
sault with a dangerous wcapun In 'con
nection with tho robbery of a bank at
Florence In whicji, he participated, ilo
Is 20. . '.." '
. Wlllo's was received' from Umatilla
county April 13. 1924. to servo seven
years for. burglary. ... His ago is 20.
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ton. last night Informed the city
council that he would not sign pay
warrant for W. H. "Jinks" Tajlor
as chief of police aftor Kcptember 1.'
The difference of the mayor amounts
to the prni'lha! dismissal of t'hlnf
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bstwnen th, city fathers and lbs.
jmayor over Tnylor't service.
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Busy Stores
The Reason
We Sell
For Less
is every day at the Golden Rule, and not limited to any certain
day because our enormous buying power together with operat
ing on a strictly cash basis, we are. able to offer real' bargains
every day in the year. Just compare our prices with those of
other stores convince yourself of. the real every day bargains
offered by the
Phone
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Busy Stores
The Reason
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HOSIERY SPECIALS
Children's Hosiery at 25c Pair
CMii lil roll's v's-li'HKtli host' in black, rordovan, liico ami Ri'i'.v; vxift
if fancy contrast iny colors; sizes 7 to 10 in this lot. - Friday and
Saturday, pair , 25.
Children's Hosiery at 50c Pair
Cliiltlrcn's ai til'icial silk sport liose in -ll,"Ktl. fancy cul't'; also
liifi'ccii.cd lisle with Fancy cuffs. A big selection of colors: all
bizes. Friday and Saturday, pair 50
EXTRA SPECIAL
Samples of children's and infants' sport, sox, several colors; regu
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Women's Silk Hosiery at $1 .00 Pair
A Kpccinl lot of " Fine Feathers," " Phoenix," "Topsy" nnd other
standard brands of women's silk hose, in fancy stripes, checks
and plain colors. Specially featured for Friday and Saturdav
M'lling at, pair : $1.00
Women's Silk Hosiery at 59c Pair
Women's silk and fiber hosiery in "Topsey" (piality; colors jrrcy,
peach. French nude, lvussian calf and blndft regular tualitv.
A small lot for Friday and Saturday at, pair .o 59
Women's Knickers$2.80 Pair
A new shipment or ijood ovuility tweed knickers, in fanc'v Yiiil.-J
tcnis; sizes '25 to 32; regular $3.50 to $i.00 values. , Special .
ut pair .......:.....: ;..$2.805
IZJAn Here is an opportunity to se
1T1CI1. cure your Fall Suit at a saving,
Yesterday we received our second large shipment; of fall suits from '
Ivico-ltochester, makers' of men's fine suits. These suits are
priced to sell at .
$29.85, $34.85 and $38.85
: ; Other Suits for Men and Young Men at
i r $ 14.85, $19.85 and $24.85 ? $
: Men's Dress and Work Pants
1 Glen's khaki pants ....,.., $1.452.25 to $2.85'
Men's heavy whipcord punts . $3,50
Men's, dress pants,..,.. ii..:.... $3.75 to 87:75
Men's dres huts ?3t35 to ?6 30
Boy's SuitS Tw-l5ant Suits Priced From
$7.75 to $15.00