BAKER BREAKS JAIL AT DOVER
Item
- Title
- BAKER BREAKS JAIL AT DOVER
- Source
- Evening Journal (DE)
- Date
- 7/31/20
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042354/1920-07-31/ed-1/?dl=page&q=assault&sp=1&st=image&r=-0.001,0.177,0.484,0.291,0
- Crime
- Assault
- Subject
- criminal assault, escape
- Gender of alleged offender
- male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- female alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- arrested, held with bail
- Location
- In state, Dover DE
- Length of story
- 378
- Description
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BAKER BREAKS JAIL AT DOVER
Baker had made his escape. Mrs. Cook, wife of the sheriff, states that when she handed in the supper, she looked for Baker, who had been allowed the privilege of the corridor and on not seeing him asked one of the trusties where he was. Before the trusty could answer Baker appeared from the side of the cage and pulling at the door to break -Mrs. Cook's hold on it, he brushed Mrs. Cook aside and made his escape.
On leaving the jail Baker ran toward the St. Jones River but a short distance from the jail, where he was captured within half an hour at the point of guns and returned to the jail.
Baker was found about quarter of a mile down the river bark of the country residence of F L Hardesty. He was first seen by Len Harrington who had joined in the chase and also by Shock Downes, Dwight Tebo and Dr Ernest Richmond Steele. Baker was first detected by a rustle of the leaves. On seeing the leaves move the men advanced. Baker came out in the open and surrendered to the men all of whom were armed. He was put in Downes' automobile and rushed to the jail. As he was taken from the automobile several in the crowd called out "Shoot him, lynch him."
Late last night Sheriff Cook asked Baker why he broke jail. He replied that he was almost crazy thinking of his wife and children, to which the sheriff replied that he should have thought of them sooner and before he committed any offense against the law.
Baker will have additional charges preferred against him, that of escape and assault on the sheriff's wife, Deputy Attorney-General Satterfield has been notified by the Sussex County authorities that Baker is wanted in that county on two charges and that should he gel bail here, to hold him for a hearing in Sussex County.
Baker was given a hearing before Magistrate Wood at noon today and held on two additional charges, escaping jail and assault and battery on Mrs. Cook. He waived a hearing on both charges and was held in $1000 bail on the escape charge and $300 on the assault and battery charge.
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