Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1908 — DONAHUE WAS SHARP [ARTICLE]

DONAHUE WAS SHARP

Prisoner at the State Capital' Pays a Fine and Walks Out Free. IT WAS ANOTHER MAN’S FINE Police Wanted to Hold the Kecapod Man oh Graver Chargea—Tiger C'lawa a Horae. r Indianapolis, April 30.—1 n the par lance of the police there are “no flies on John Donahue and not likely to be I* ven in fly time.” The entire police deportment is looking for Donahue, "who proved himself as elusive as a Slippery eel, and in the meantime there la embarrassment at the office of the county jail. He escaped from the Jail » and as be walked out of the door he said “goodby” to the turnkey, Dick Waldon. The turnkey thought Donahue was another man. The police said nothing about the escape, but instructions were issued to all the members of the department that Donahue nboithl be found and locked up without any notoriety.

Police Wanted to Hold Donahue. Donahue win charged with drunkenness and loitering, 'rhe police naked for a continuance in the case to give them time to investigate a robbery, as they suspected Donahue knew some thing about it. The prisoner was sent (■cross the street to the jail with a number of others. Among the prisonerr was John Boyd.wlm had been fined sll for drunkenness. Boyd did not have any money, and he is now serving eleven days because of fils failure to pay. They Mixed Those Babies Vp. Donahue evidently explained to Boyd a scheme by which he (Donahde) could escape. When the men entered the jail office. Waldon read from a commitment the name John Boyd. Donahue stepped forward and Boyd responded to the name of Donahue. When they were registered on the books the prisoners were locked up. A half hour later Donahue called Waldon and said: Then the Scheme Was Worked. "I guess I won’t lay out this fine. Hl just pay up and go.” Waldon thought the man was Boyd and he accepted 111 from a roil of bills that Dooahue had, as payment of ths fine

against Boyd. "Well, goodby,” he called cheerily, when the heavy iron door was thrown open for him. “Goodby, Boyd, don’t get in here again,” Waldon replied. Two or three hours later Boyd, from behind the liars, told Waldon that he had released the wrong man.