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$*' * NEDESPERATE JAIL BREAK...toShtrman Jailer Disarmed and Beaten ‘ ' . itoensibie. \‘ 1Sherman, Tex-, Jan. 11.—When Jail ■er Ed Hatfield' went to feed the prisoners yesterday Ed Gash, who was brought here frpm Fort Worth on I y , robbery charge, '.after bavfng beei? Li given fifteen years in Tarrant county for highway robbery, grabbed the jailer's pistol and * tfnoctffea’* him in tb* head witluU..-.-The officer- was thet forced into a cell and locked up anc Gash and three others escaped.'- Henry Cato, one of the prisoners was in jail on the charge of murder ing Alvin Frizzeif, the young *mar whose dead body was found in Piloi Grove creek in Collin county, and whc had* been remanded to jail 'withou' bail, both in Grayson and Collin.coun ties. Harry Fairiess and Bob Tram mell, both under sentences for horse alyf j theft, were the other two. bjg j A possee headed by Sheriff Sarr . Rich was immediately organized anc 2ce J in three hours Gash, Fairless anc Trammell were taken. Sheriff Rlct took Gash and Trammell, the formei i shooting at him twice, hut missing hb mark. The prisoners were capture* in the vicinity of Cotton Tail moun tain, two miles south of Sherman.Jailer Hatfield was not seriouslj wounded, but was knocked seaseles! for the time being.ass-nal,ren-dieow-tbeforime be ! or ion. fu-•n)y•essnmlTHSOSOIQuq:McomandterdAboieversouratte:unio ago all | vent ters ali s held C.prestoda der. jects of a
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Mexia State Herald
Mexia, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 16, 1908
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