Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1911 — Escapes From Starke County Jail [ARTICLE]

Escapes From Starke County Jail

Mrs. Minnie Farina of near Aldine, who was arrested by Sheriff Doyle yesterday for having committed a felonious assault on Mesdames J, W. Spencer and Orval Brooks, made her escape from the county jail last night by removing a radiator from the corridor floor, which permitted her to pass through into the basement and out to freedom. Owing to the present crowded conditions at the jail Sheriff Doyle was obliged to place Mrs. Farina in a cell on the north side of the jail which connects directly, with the entrance corridor. He gave her the freedom of the corridor that she might walk around if she cared and he never once dreamed that there was a way in which she could escape. But Mrs. Farina’s former stay at the jail had evidently familiarized her with the place. She seemed to know just how to proceed arid didn't make any noise about it either. She first shoved aside a heavy stove which stetod over the radiator and then lifted the radiator from the floor. This gave her a small opening at the side of the pipe which conveys the heat, and she passed through this by sliding down a blanket, which she tied to the stove. She passed out of the building by releasing a bolt on an outside basement door. It is thought that she made her escape before midnight as the lights in the corridor were turned off by her; Sheriff Doyle and his deputy, John M. Swarfzell, started after her in an auto early this morning, but no reports of her capture have as yet been received.—Starke County Democrat.