People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1895 — Jail Delivery at Geneva, Ill. [ARTICLE]

Jail Delivery at Geneva, Ill.

Aurora, 111., Aug. 29. —Twelve prisoners escaped from the county jail at Geneva at 8 o’clock last night during the absence of Sheriff Robert Burke, who was in this city serving legal papers. Among those who escaped are: Arthur Clark, Ed. Wood, Fred Funk, Louis Pflud, James O’Brien, Dan Shell, Peter Kelly and John Smith. The worst one of the lot, and one Sheriff Burke would give much to capture, is O’Brien, known in police circles as “Prairie Jim,” who has been at the thieving business in this county for years. The prisoners made their escape by sawing through the bars.