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The Indianapolis Sentinel
January 1, 1885


                     TROUBLE AT THE JAIL.
                 
           A Gang of Prisoners Make a Bold Attempt
             to Escape by Overpowering the Turnkey.
             
           At an early hour this morning Captain Miller,
         night turnkey at the Jail, went into the main
         body of the building, where the most dangerous
         prisoners are kept, to release from his cell a
         man who complained that he was very sick. He
         had no sooner opened the door than a gang of
         prisoners five or six in number jumped on him
         and began beating him in a most unmerciful
         manner. They finally took his gun away from
         him and threw him into the cell which he had
         just opened. They then marched up to the door
         leading to the office, and commanded a trust
         to pull back the lever by which the door is
         opened and shut and release them, but he re-
         fused. The trusty, realizing that something
         was wrong, at once telephoned to police head-
         quarters for a detachment of patrolmen, who
         soon came, and released the turnkey from his
         predicament, locking the refractory prisoners
         in their cells again.
         
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