The Saw and the Jailer
A petty thief's daring attempt to escape the county jail ends in a swift, unsuccessful pursuit.
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Sixty days' confinement in the county jail was the sentence imposed by Judge Humes on jail breaker Thomas Dolan yesterday. On April 5, Dolan succeeded in sawing through the bars of his cell and, as breakfast was being brought in, escaped into the office of the jail. Jailer Munro gave chase, however, and as the outer doors were locked had no difficulty in returning him to his cell. Dolan was committed last fall by Judge Rivers for petty larceny and has now until next March to serve.
“Dolan succeeded in sawing through the bars of his cell and, as breakfast was being brought in, escaped into the office of the jail.”
Incarceration conditions and the persistent issue of jail security have been constant, if evolving, civic challenges in King County for over a century.
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