Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1912 — Prisoner Took “Leg Bail.” [ARTICLE]

Prisoner Took “Leg Bail.”

There was quite a little excitement in town Friday evening when Charles Martin of' Newland, who had been arrested for beating up William Postil that morning at Newland, made his escape from the officers and hiked down North Van Rensselaer street at a marathon gait, making good his escape. George Martin, the father of Charles, was arrested some two or three weeks ago on the charge of assault with attempt to kill his wife, which arrest Postill was instrumental in bringing about, he having stopped Martin in his alleged attempt to kill his better-half. Friday, while Postil was working on the cold storage plant at Newland, he had occasion to go to Jim Reese's after a tool and met Martin and his son, the latter having just returned from the northwest. Young Martin, who is a big husky fellow, is alleged to have at once set upon Postil and beat him up pretty ..badly before his father asked him to desist. The father, Postil thinks, countenanced the assault if not actually instigating it. Postil came to town later and had his face patched up and swore but a warrant for the arrest of young Martin. Marshal Mustard and Constable Parks went out and brought the young man in and he was arraigned before Squire Bruner, and during the hearing they asked to get another doctor to see Postil and determine how. badly he was hurt. Father and son started to leave the room to get a doctor, the constable accompanying them, an-d the young man suddenly made a dash out of the stairway and ran w’est to the Forsythe store building arid there turned north. Mr. Parks and the marshal, who was just coming in the stairway, when he made a break, being close bn his heels, and Parks fired a shot from his revolver in the air to enforce heed to his cries to the fleeing man to stop. But Martin only ran the faster, and he threw off his overcoat when passing the Knapp Liveny barn to be better able to distance his pursuers. Automobiles were hurriedly got in action and the telephone was used to try to head off the escaped prisoner,

but he got away in spite of everything. An affidavit was filed against the father after the boy made his escape, charging him with being an accessory before the fact in the assault, and his bond was fixed at SIOO, L. H. Hamilton going his surety. T oung Martin's father denies that he instigated or countenanced the assault on Postil and says that he will try and find the boy and have him return and stand trial. «