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CHRISTIANSBURG HAS J A 1 L_DJ LIVERY( ' hrlsuansburg, Ya , Jau 21 —After *■ apse ,v\i»c*ily \ftts year* and two monttM ChnetUnghurg has been Heated to another jail delivery, and what i* more remark* hlr the leader uf Ine Jail delivery U t night wai thename man who led the do 11 dry on thesame tint* in Novt-mhcr, 1313, J. If Howell and Clyde l‘ark^r( both white men. escaped *t»me time during the ftight by walking out through me openfront door. The first Information wee received about f I v« o clock In the morning when O, W, Ctower, win* live* near Hopper* Kerry on ttiwr eomeeight or ten mile* whRI of Christians-huiK railed up Sheriff t\ u Hutton at lllackahurg end told him that Clyde ' , Vli« E’arker. w ho w a* under Indict* mein for a capital offense had Ju»tarrived home and wanted to know if Uvpttn*tJUl A* w- ° U furloughThe nherlif Iq'd him he could riotan*wrr until he ejillcd up the Jailor, i.t he railed up at ChrIsiinnsbur* at ! a*ked whether Parker wan In his hunk, i ne jailor said ho could not anawrr till no went to where 1‘arker was supposed tu abide. hut In a few minutes he Informed the sheriff thru It wag true that both Parker and Howell were .L O. 1*. and the front door to the Jail wa«_w!de open*It seem* from Information gleaned that the heat had died down in the afternoon and th* tw o v*ni out of the ceil* to walk around In the corridor for exercise and to get warm* and the Jat or Intended to put them l ack In the coll when ho retired ah out nine o'clock b it for Hon e reason he overlooked andforge t t».Howell wax Indicted in three rage* for forgery at thu .October term of f nurt in 1319 and a f- w day* before th* oeceniher court h* decided that he did iiot want to he trted ut that term go he and four otherg found an elevator ooor unlocked and came out In broad day light through the Jailor’n resl-drnve ills freedom wag of short dura-Uon «f ho *** arrested, tried and gent o th* West Virginia penitentiary for I wo years, which he served and was brought bark her* on extradition paper* I^ml.fr iMh. Hig cab* wm th*rir»t_on* on th* docket for February1st and the jury we* special Iv drawn to try hlg c**e. but it seem* he gets ton rertle** to stay In ChridtTnnsburgHU court meet.There are two doora to tha Jail per through which the prisoners eg*and The Jailor U confident h* '►'■ked one ot them hui Is not certain f*b--ut the other, and nay* he believe* a j Lev va* furnished l.y eome out aid# r m.d Tr- d * r unlocked from The Inside ■“ neither- lock w as broken Howell Is a ot. nous crook and f *rgcr and t-lt;*■11 r l'•*S offr*rrd ii reward rif JSo rof Howr.r* return. Parker was recap.ttrred at ht* h-.me about daylight *r=di* tii'W behind the bar* again
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Roanoke World News
Roanoke, Virginia, US
Mon, Jan 23, 1922
Page 18
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