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Death
of Rev. George Buston Con't: Buston & Sons erected the large building now occupied by Harrisson, Barns & Co. of which firm Mr. H.L.
BUSTON, is a member and general manager. Mr. J.G. BUSTON, the elder son withdrew from the business some years ago, and now operates the large dairy farm just outside the corporate limits of town. After coming to Tazewell the deceased was granted license to preach by the Methodist Holston Conference, and while he never entered regular work he did a great deal of preaching throughout the county. PALL BEARERS: Active - H.G
PEERY, Jr. John S. BOTTIMORE, J.P. ROYALL, T.C. BOWEN, Henry
PRESTON, Dr. R.F COPENHAVER. Honorary - J.B. BOYER, George W.
LEWIS, A. ST. CLAIR, W.L. MOORE, A.J. STEELE, E.F.
WITTEN. Flower Bearers - Misses Harriett and Dorothy SCOTT, grand daughters of deceased, Mary
MOORE and Lyde PEERY.
An ineffectual attempt by a number of the prisoners to break jail was frustrated yesterday by the discovery that a
number of the bars of the cells had been filed, one being filed in two. An investigation was made by Sheriff
HARMAN, and upon the confession of two of the prisoners the deed was fixed on Willie
LEWIS, a colored man of Pocahontas, who was on trail here last week from Pocahontas.
LEWIS was arrested at Pocahontas yesterday, and will be brought back to jail here today. It has been proven that he carried the saws to the jail in a clothes basket, in which he was delivering clothes to one of the prisoners. The saws had been hidden in the bottom of the basket in such a manner that they could not be seen. Sam
TAYLOR and a number of the other prisoners, who are to be taken to the penitentiary were the ring leaders of the gang who attempted to saw their way out. Their plan was to get out and get horses at the livery stable, and make a get away. Commonwealth's Attorney
HARMAN has arranged to grant freedom to the men who apprised the authorities of the attempt to escape made by the prisoners. For their protection their names will not be given.
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