Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . later Wilsonand two of his orothers were in Plymouth, andso was McDonald and his brother. Wilson gota gun and went after McDonald, finding him ina store. He told McDonald to defend himselfand fired, killing McDonald instantly. Laterhe met McDonalds brother and snapped the gunat him, but it missed fire. McDonald then drewhis revolver and fired at Wilson five times, butmissed him. Wilson was captured some time after that andbrought to jail at Macomb, the crime beingcommitted in Hancock County. On the nightof the escape. Sheriff Winslow Taylor was atIndus
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . later Wilsonand two of his orothers were in Plymouth, andso was McDonald and his brother. Wilson gota gun and went after McDonald, finding him ina store. He told McDonald to defend himselfand fired, killing McDonald instantly. Laterhe met McDonalds brother and snapped the gunat him, but it missed fire. McDonald then drewhis revolver and fired at Wilson five times, butmissed him. Wilson was captured some time after that andbrought to jail at Macomb, the crime beingcommitted in Hancock County. On the nightof the escape. Sheriff Winslow Taylor was atIndustry, and his deputy—the late Joseph Hays—was also away, the only man at the jail beingHugh Walker. One of the prisoners asked forsome water and the turnkey brought It in thelon,g-spouted bucket used for the purpose ofpouring water through the V-shaped door. Heopened the outer steel door to pour the waterand. at that instant, the V door was jerkedopen by the prisoners and Walker was pulledinside and left. Mrs. Taylor and other ladies. C^</tuc<_. y^ /^Ci^-t^^ p HISTORY OF Mcdonough county. 805 gave the alarm, and a posse was soon buntingthe prisoners. Five of them were speedily re-captured, in fact makinf, but little effort to getaway. Speeney and Wilson were the two whoin reality made their escape, but the former wasrec<iptured some time later. Wilson was never recaptured, but about fif-teen years ago a man was brought back to this city who, it was claimed, was Zack was one of the most amusing things of thetime to see the people who had known Wilsonattempt to identify him. Some declared it wasWilson, and do to this date, just as many otherswere equally positive that it was not him andlooked nothing like him. The man was laterreleased, as his identity could not be proven.
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