The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-26
WHOLE NUMBER 1.78

;nele giving an account Of my escape. was
tne mouse two hours hunting around in
hopes OF finding revolver. 2 washad ~,
face before going, to get the black of of it 7
wons from there about three miles back Of
Nem AIoany, and halt mile west of Silver
creek, and laid in fodder house ali dsv
ounoay; when night came on I struck
ae;,nI ass sne country, and hit the Indianapolis
rsirosd about two miles from Jefferson-
yilie: then started up the road. The next
hignt was at Talbot's water tank. about tan
miles from Jehersonville. There was an old
inen ana MS son there, and thsy were talk
ing acout me, and told me all about my es-
ape. 1 asked them what they thought of
huoiier, and they said that he was a pretty
sna1 man, and good many other things. +
told them that
| DID NOT KNOW RUprFRe
"nu a-hed them what they would do If thew
snouie meet him. They said that thew
"oulo start him along the road. They
wanted me to stay to supper, but | told
tba. n / must hurry on. as warta3 80 -. =
| LoEfs vile Lefore it was too late. / than Ieft
the sSnA and started back towards Jaffsre
| sonvsle, Nut when got out of sight I took
to the wood and laid around in the knobs
| that night aDe next day."
Where dia y>u get something to eatr'
we asked.
Rudifer-"T rad plenty left from what I
took from the house IN New Albany; more
than could eat, and a. it was heavy to
carry threw it away"
Bot, Rudifer, excuse me, czs't imagine
wnst you were staying around 30 long in
one place for; that is, within sues a short
distance from here"
well, got lost and confused"
hep-"A great many people think your
/ only escape for the sake of notoriety and
don't want 10 get away, bat Allow Yourself
| to be captured SO you can escape aqsinYr
Rudifer-"That is not so. NV liberty is
| As dear TO me as TO any man, and want TO
| get away hnt have all OF ray bad luck sfL
ter get out OF the prison. Do you sup
pose that wouldn't get off IL could j
am here for ten long years.
| next7'
on Wednesday morning Z was living
asleep az the foot of the knobs, when three
men came up On me and captured me.
have heard since thst their names were 7
! n. Richardson, Andy Richardson and VIM.
| Hoffman. They said that i WAS RndisaT
and denied it. They commences to ex,
anime me, saying that the poster ss;n yvsa
shot on the left side. 1 showed them my
left side and there was no pistol shot there.
[ because 1t was on my right side. They were
then sorry that they had suspected me OF
being Hudifer, and took me to the house OF
Andy Richardson, gave me a warm break
| fast and showed me the way to Henr-yville.
while they went
ANOTHER WAY TO HUNT RUDIFRR
struck for the railroad, and did not meet
anybody until got near Scottsburg. but
slipped into fence corner and they did not
see me, although they passed within Is. feet
of where was hid"
when you got to Scottsburg, how many
"Only the one I was captured COM
| ing out OF. ! heard q noise in the.
front part of the house, and supposed that
| the man had woke up. started
out OF the kltehen door, when 1 was sur
rounded by at least half dozen men. One
| of them put pistol to my head and de-
manded me to surrender. They were ALI
armed, and one of them had shotgun. I
| knew that there was no use of resisting, for
| had nothing but knife"
"Did you not find it very cold ont in the
| woods of nights1"
Yes; see how badly my hand is FROST
| bitten" Saying this, Rudiier held up his
hand, and it was indeed in spitiable plight.
His feet were also FROST bitten.
81 guess you won't get out of here again
soon," tie reporter said.
Il don't know" Rudifer replied. "Time
will tell. 1t seems like it does not do me
much good to get away; but I would like to
get away from these parts"
| In answer to some questions about Rudi-
fer's private life, he said: ''I am native of
Sheloyville, Ind; will be % years of age on
the 9th OF February. My father Is dead. L
went to school some when I was a boy,
PRINCIPALLY IN INDIANAPOLIS.
got into bad company, and my first bad
transactions were running away from school
Mother used to whip me for It. never let
a school teacher whip me. don't drinkin
toxicatipg liquors have not drank snyforr
ten years. went to Baptist Sunday school
| when small, and got rewards for memoriz-
ing verses and for regular attendance
Mother belongs to church now, but she did
not when was little. / was first arrested
ior TIL tapping In indianapolis, but was not
sentenced forjt.n
He said that he would not kill a.
| man for has money, and his great fault
| seems TO be peculation, and he
will steal whenever opportunity offers.
de was much discouraged, and seemed to
think that it was nearly impossible for him
ITO again escape from the prison and get
saway. It Is sometimes the custom to whip
the convicts who escape after they are cap
tured but Col. Shuier did not whip Rudifer
Tbefore, nor Will he this time. As before, ex-
traordinary precautions will be taken that
Rudiier does not escape again. Rudifer-
says, however, that he will get out again be-
fore is months, he does not care how close
they keep him confined. With all. of. his
/ daredevil bravery in getting out of prison,
he certainly Is lacking in sense and discre-.
tion in getting away.
A CHANCE FOR THE COMMITTER.
THE CONSERVATIVES OF THE LOUISIANA LEe-
/ EsLATURE-THEY ARE WILLING. TO REFER
/ THE QUESTION TO THE COMMITTEE
New ORLEANS, Jsn. 2S.-The conservative.
caucus adopted the following, which was
read to the congressional committee and
accepted by the chairman, to be taken under
consideration:
Resolved, by this House canous, composed
OF the conservative members returned by the
| returning board and those claiming to
have been undoubtedly elected hut da-