Clay County AlArchives News.....Two Escape from Jail 1914  December 25, 1914
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Ashland Progress December 25, 1914
Last Sunday shortly after noon two prisoners, John Williams and Jim Gilliland, 
escaped from the county jail and have so far not been recaptured. Other white 
prisoners, who occupied the same set of cells remained to tell the story of how 
the escape was made and say that when the prisoners were last fed, the lock to 
the lever box was left unfastened and that one of the escaped jail birds, who had 
slender limbs, managed to reach through the opening in the cell and throw the 
lever, thus opening the cell door. This is thought by some to be an incredulous 
story but seems to be the generally accepted explanation. After getting out of 
the cell they refastened the cell door and made an opening in the wall through 
which they escaped, the outer door being locked.

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