The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-02-15

ShN NCI hiuCH ucNeiOE3u III MIN.
After the trial, he was allowed more free
dom than before, and was frequently per-
mItted exercise in the hall, or inner court
Of the jail-his irons were also taken off
When 1t was decided that he should break
jail, he secured small piece Of an old lead
pencil, and on the fly leaves Of some books
he was permitted to have he made draw
lngs Of the keyholes in his cell door and
IN the great heavy door leading from the
court into the jaier's house. He expert
enced no difficulty in making an exact
drawing Of the cell keyhole, but to obtain
the correct dimensions Of the other, he had
to rely solely on the accuracy of his judg
ment. Every day that he took exercise in
the court he took minute observation of
that door, and at last concluded he had the
size and shape perfect. He now began to
casually inspect the keys carried by the
JaIler, and when he had sufficiently i'm
pressed upon his mind the size and form Of
the two keys he needed, he began making
drawings Of them also but this was diff
cult undertaking, one that required = nicety
of discrimination that it seemed impossible
to acquire by mere sight alone the size,
number and shape Of the wards, the depth
Of the grooves or slots hadto be determined
upon to the size of hairs bre Ldth. This
was rendered the more difficult by not be
Ing able to obtain a good view Of the keys,
as he had to glance At them when the
Jaller was not looking, as he feared suspi-
cIon would be awakened should the jailer
catch hIm staring At ". After many ef-
forts, he concluded had the drawings
I perfect, and the next time Paul called he
managed to slip them into his hand, giving
hun specific directions how t. act the
drawings were to be followed as closely as
/ possible, even the delicate pencil lines were
to be taken into consideration. 1t may be
well to state here that the JaIler was much
ntereste III the prisoner, and allowed him
many favors usually denied criminals
Among other things, he was permitted to
have his meals cooked and brought in by
his sister, who came every day, and always
brought sufficient t. last until she came
agaln. At first, great care was taken to in
spect, critically, everything that caT e in
but, notwithstanding this surveillance,
Richard found the keys, one day, embed
ded in some bread that was sent him for
his dinner.
That night the escape Was made
Richard went direct to De rOit and there
took passage tD Cleveland. en- the steamer
Phosphor When he purchased his ticket,
he gave his name as VIM Adair The Phos-
phor was peerless boat. floating palace,
grand and sumptuous in all its apartments
When Richard stood at the upper end OF
the cabin, he was struck with the beauty
and magnihcence Of the apartment, the
richest and most elegant by far that he had
ever seen. The cabin was fully one hun
dred and seventy feet long, having an aver
age width of fifteen feet, and from the floor
to the center Of the arched roof the hight
was fourteen feet the floor was covered
with rich, imported carpet, a number of
oval walnut tables were placed at intervals
along the floor, and along the sides were
quite a number Of elegant sofas, richly up
holstered u crimson and dark green plush
at one end, a grand five BY SIX feet mirror
reflected every thing transpiring in the
cabin. The apartment was lighted by five
or six beautiful chan@el @eliers-by day it was
lighted by cut glass windows and a splendid
dome of stained glass. In the panel at the
one end, hung magnificent oil painting.
representing a moonlight scene on the
Lower st. Lawrence In the other panel.
two carved and gilded cuplds held a wreath,
within which was a handsome and costly
clock. Elegant and costly lace curtains,
beautiful lambrequins of blue, green and
gold. could be seen on all sides, especially
when the doors opening INTO the staterooms
were open. 1t was truly an enchanted
scene to look upon, and not a little
weird, as the boat steamed out into
the river and headed toward the lake,
making her way slowly through a
thick fog that hung upon the water like
nimbus cloud on mountain top. Later
in the evening, the tables were removed
and shortly afterwards ladies and gentle
men, gally dressed, emerged from the
staterooms and began promenade, to
marching air from the piano. The prone
made changed to round dance. The effect
was indescribabe-
''Nusc arose with It's voluptuous swell.
Sptt ewes looked love tp which splke again,
Aud all went merry a marriage bell"
Suddenly the dismal wall Of a fog-b bell WAS
heard on the deck, and presently dim
hight was seen moving in hne directly
across the steamers path. The pilot put
the helm hard down and signaled the en-
z neer to reverse, but it was too late, as a
moment later, a bark, heavily freiyhted
with IRON ore from Lake Superior, struck
the noble steamer abaft the wheel, and in
four minutes she sank like rock, in eight
fathoms of water. leaving one hundred and
fifty human beings shrlekng and strug
CLING on the bosom of the fnI- I-cnvarek lake.
majority Of whom soon followed the
steamer.
CHAPTER XNXL
One morning following tha events detail |
"a IA the preceding chapter, young man
called upon Sergeant Snplhre and present
Ell a letter Of recommendation from cele-
brated New York detective. a friend Of the
Sergeant The letter read As follows:
New YORK, July 18th.
Friend Soolfre: 1t gives me great pleasure
to introduce to your notice the bearer, Mr..
Magaw, young man of promise and reliabil-
ity He Is n detective, and has already at
tanned considerable eminence in his profe> SION.
He will. ! am satisfied il given an opportu- /
nity be aole to throw scme light on the mys
terious escape of the prisoner you mentioned
to me in your last note Anything you do
f1r Mr. Magaw will be esteemed particular,
personal honor, by
Your obedient Servant,
Mr.. Magaw was apparently man Of
about twenty-five or thirty years Of age.
He was tall, wiry, muscular man, with
light flowing hair and long. wavy, light |
colored beard He had restless eye, but
thoughtful look. He walked in a rapid,
peculiarly strained manner, that was far
from being natural Or easy. The Sergeant
received him cordially and promised to use
his influence in obtaining employment for
him. Shortly afterwards he was engaged
by the city to work up the Arbyght case.
About this time the Cleveland reading |
public were digesting this item of news.
which appeared in the morning edition OF
leading daily
A MYSTERY-wHICH IS IT!
Yesterday body was washed ashore about |
two miles west of Black River. 1t isevident-
ly one of the victims Of the ill-fated PhOsphor. |
The features and body are very much swollen,
and somewhat disiigured and mutiiated by