FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, September 17, 1915 2 YOUNG CRIMINALS BREAK JAIL AND COMMIT DARING BURGLARIES ____________ Burglarized Depots at Esther and Flat River, Securing Small Booty, then Take Two Horses from Goff Mercantile Co.'s Barn ____________ Last Saturday night Sterling Stegall and William Carver, who were being held for the November term of Circuit Court, on a charge of breaking into the Wells Bros' Mercantile Co. store at Bonne Terre about three weeks ago, broke out of jail here and enjoyed unrestrained liberty for the space of 6 or 8 hours. They entered the above store, burglarized it and fled to Mine La Motte, where they were held by Marshall Cayce until the officers here could go and bring them here to answer the charge, whereupon they were bound over to await the action of the Circuit Court. In some way they managed to use a piece of a bedstead with which they succeeded in forcing the window guards of one of the windows of the general retention room in the jail far enough apart that they could pass through and escaped. They at once proceeded to Esther where they broke into the depot of the Illinois Southern Ry., taking several tickets and a few pennies in money and meeting with no resistance, went on to Flat River, entered and burglarized the depot of the M.R. & B.T. Ry. where they succeeded in getting about 400 pennies and a quantity of Ry. tickets, which it is presumed they intended to use as a means of transportation in continuing of their Wild West escapade. >From Flat River they went to Desloge and took two horses from the barn of the Goff Mercantile Co. and rode away to the westward under the silent cover of night, in regular Jesse James fashion. When they neared Big River bridge, not far from Bonne Terre, they were halted, unexpectedly, by Deputy Sheriff Sam Doss of Desloge, who took them into custody and returned them to the county bastile about 3:30 a.m. next morning. When Sheriff Williams discovered that the prisoners had broken jail and gone, he at once telephoned Doss at Desloge of the fact, and to watch for them; so Deputy Doss decided that at this point he could intercept them, which he did.

Where could I go to find out who this William Carver was? Do you think Farmington would have any records on this arrest? Thanks, Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melanie Rickmar" <rickmar@cdinter.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 12:57 AM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Sterling Stegall and William Carver Break Jail & CommitDaring Burglaries (1915) > FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, > September 17, 1915 > > 2 YOUNG CRIMINALS BREAK JAIL AND COMMIT DARING BURGLARIES > ____________ > > Burglarized Depots at Esther and Flat River, Securing Small Booty, then > Take > Two Horses from Goff Mercantile Co.'s Barn > ____________ > > Last Saturday night Sterling Stegall and William Carver, who were being > held > for the November term of Circuit Court, on a charge of breaking into the > Wells Bros' Mercantile Co. store at Bonne Terre about three weeks ago, > broke > out of jail here and enjoyed unrestrained liberty for the space of 6 or 8 > hours. They entered the above store, burglarized it and fled to Mine La > Motte, where they were held by Marshall Cayce until the officers here > could > go and bring them here to answer the charge, whereupon they were bound > over > to await the action of the Circuit Court. > > In some way they managed to use a piece of a bedstead with which they > succeeded in forcing the window guards of one of the windows of the > general > retention room in the jail far enough apart that they could pass through > and > escaped. > > They at once proceeded to Esther where they broke into the depot of the > Illinois Southern Ry., taking several tickets and a few pennies in money > and > meeting with no resistance, went on to Flat River, entered and burglarized > the depot of the M.R. & B.T. Ry. where they succeeded in getting about 400 > pennies and a quantity of Ry. tickets, which it is presumed they intended > to > use as a means of transportation in continuing of their Wild West > escapade. > >>From Flat River they went to Desloge and took two horses from the barn of > the Goff Mercantile Co. and rode away to the westward under the silent > cover > of night, in regular Jesse James fashion. When they neared Big River > bridge, not far from Bonne Terre, they were halted, unexpectedly, by > Deputy > Sheriff Sam Doss of Desloge, who took them into custody and returned them > to > the county bastile about 3:30 a.m. next morning. > > When Sheriff Williams discovered that the prisoners had broken jail and > gone, he at once telephoned Doss at Desloge of the fact, and to watch for > them; so Deputy Doss decided that at this point he could intercept them, > which he did. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message