, 1880-02-18
The Story of a convlct'a Escape
from Joliet.
cor,nr and Securing the Coll.Dars-
Making Key for the
Tower Door.
al, Exit from tho Window-How He
Managed to 0lotho Himself.
p.,u,ts o, Wishing His Wifc-A Woman's
Treachery, and His Reoapture.

.".oiors "awoi IN t,,o country, escaped from tho
pan,t i,,nltenttary, After wandering about
yu' .ha cou,,try md making ono flying visit To
~. ~ ,,Ifo and funIly living In lilo roar part Of
w. w. sS Fifth avenue, In this city, he came
toma ~, Inst Monday night 10 settle. lie mr.
",r. In tI,o bosom Of his family Mt $50 y. H.
" ~ = nv minutes past 12 o'clock yesterday
a. "a" ,sas arrested. At6 o'clock he was started
~ ~. 1ollct Inv the ChlcaEo Il Alton train, and
~. at7.sn n, n,.-only twenty-five hours after
,;a arrival IN Chlcago-Ile was back again In
tno .1uliet pcnitentlnry.
suc,, Is tho condensed history Of one OF the
.,o.t ~"
n'ost r,, Avn nrvAuxAnrr cAsrs m rs-
CAFE fl.os. ,ax,, ii'i1uS aa., .,,ao,,
md rccarture on record, ana at ampIliled
md consecutive account Ut tho more pront-
tnont features of tho case will be found IN.
teres,lug, tt'c Tic prisoner, whom tbs police
authorities cha.ku VIVA l"sv.ne " Autvn",
reputation us Jnll-breaker, ant being q bad
man geueral!y,-whl Is probably, trlle,
,h",,ri' @ thoy fail 10 produce a record sustain-
s'p" snp ,t,c vcrv @ wide churgc,-wcnt to the peni
tertiary III March, Iast lor Term OF eignt
Years for Il burglary comsnittcd at Galesbnrg,
thc particulars Of which tho police cannot
nrorir. Like most Of the expert of Ills
- 10 = ~ far, o&,,1
pEoiesslon' lalne, ,s' - ,..a'' ., ~ s ~ ",
though lie differs from tle lha)oflty OF men
In his tooupen disregard Of certain laws upon
whose preservation tho State insists most
GymIy.yel % he shares Will, them the weakness Of
.,,i ~ ,,,s ~. ss,,,s,. ,,'Jn,,
family Altceslol, alsu II w1ls t!'s 1ai!"is WHICH
gnt him Into his present scrapc. \ married
man, with curly-hcaded little children 10
climb lis knees and esk innocent but awk-
,rard r questions CONCERNING his occasional f,l,-
"Afo 4ueS'''''.' eons ,..> 10 x. ~
schces "'' "oiees.u". ouo. ..v!" Wv ~
cl'S nc nAo " "l'Si S.ivI,es. .aGenlso W
lntluco MN 10 seek MS ilueEty lllaA lhhny
others of his fel1oW-colivlcts to -whonl tho
pcnitcntiary, with tho exception OF It's rigid
rules ind rcgular work, Is much more COLL
Portable quarters than TIC average convict
enjoys wrl AZ is not the States imprisoned
,peisoner. The, Incentive grew stronger
daily, and, after livC months Of Incarceration,
PaEker t!etcrlnlnel to, 1nnko al effort to es-
cape. The following ls the stury Of the es-
cape, rs tho prisoner hinsclf told 1t yesttr-
day afternoon ,to The Tun,lNE reporter
win interviewed him III one OF the cells of
the Central Police Sutton;
Any one who llas visited tue Joliet 1.rl5on
and carefully noted mot only how rarely tho
ccrated within Its walls, but also the system
Of discipline aud guarding which tend to the
SAME end, VIII bn Of tho opinion TINT he who
succeeds IN Systematically worklng his way
aid III cyadlng tic eternal vigilance ot the
guards Is no eol,ln,0M lnan. The TRIBUNE
reporter who interviewed Parker yesterday
anticipated meeting with man whose deed
which, though eeyil, hns strong smack 2f
ttes enabling him "a, accomplish II SUCCESS.
fully, were reflected In Ills appearance, and
he was net Disappointed. Despite the BY n9
cell in Which lie, was found, Parker pre-
enrtai fha n mont nf
DECIDEDLY REMARKABLE MAN.
Oy Oys,,u,,.uiy.I 1,,t-vorv sturdy and ,vc,t-nro.
lortinn,sti fra,1,c. he moved aho,t On bis wcll.
Eli ii,nha wifh ti,nt "nsv nlnt1n,, svini, inii-
ets fiis fnecof eesY ercan tyue ;ues
uthouri' nnt rYnrtiw hun,sn,nn ,ras v,,rv pS;
honoSts s}nnIirr r oma i'bn sn,,nrm }ornLend risy.
ing Gvcr nu;s ri 'r.eo,uta uo % nvns +, svh;c1,
liz imFkcI Mi 10 t tnxnress,nn Of the Ioyy c,,mninw
common 10 t,lo eyusiyo orbs Of tho petty
latier Bearded, ti.engh thu checks, wore de- DE-
nndcd Of l,a!r1, 1.uddeI to the determined look
Of tho lna', which, together with q calnness
Of conntenance quito romnrkabse under tho
circumstances, nlade the expression Of his
pssssn ass xs Wass Ws m na rapor.r snysS out s
through, tho holp III tic cell door, Tho nhture
Of lils mission, tho IAnu hesItatcd for mo
nlen!, and thci, replied:
AT present AM the servant Of the State,
iilN Will CfCly pkUSpECt VI bClllN bANlA IQt
the next seven years. As such I hnyo no
Objection to tell you oil about my escnpp frotn
Joliet; but first Of all Gun you inform inc
whether, according 10 the laws Of this Stnte,
any convict aiding In tho escape Of another
co,nylct Is liable to punishment"
.,i Ing reporter hunled tp outhorltes IN tllo
GnlcIs t. oi!lce nu reportea III aieW MinslMs
ha s ,retn ~ sHSi easo uilo'l'e'' eoo'u hat"'s
w !. iiIGtc II, tt,ct os .,o o,, D,., ar .,1,,
Tell van ircrlS rg; nv s,6nw Sn,a sx roson fnr
nsE,yy, y lsGSly - My ats fly IsnSvm SUI, ~ ~
nams ca,,as .,t LII MlmiptaaI1on VI uas poH' VIZ ~
vIsu ,Smsa w ., ceiatu ,ns ~ lin, ',eu thn ~, phrset
MnGso tino WGs 10 o9 Up w tne otit tMsHI
1ete,. - ~ ~ ny @ ~ uo Wv wusM "ntc Was itfmet H.
I'll ncs siI ~ uola nce; ~ 1ru ~ ~ w ~
TX, snon,t mi,.h ~ ttacM III ao plS,Ua @
T,ha,,i,, To"h ny " ,M,tH so , n Mn nmty.
ttan ~ ntgiM ~ H.e pegl4MnR' y WlH AHo m9i'tns
Yogk y MlyeL ~ oo. N Inv sot Inc
~olk which, nopco, WIS " aot 'ae lleo'
THE FIRST WORK TO 1lE ACCOMPLISHED
was securing fow necessary implements,
which, under tie Joliet discipline, wns Il
very hard matter. Al lust i socurud easy
ku!fo which, with the Md Of my mates
knife, converted Into saw. With this
saw snn,laged after n.any days to cut
through four bura Of my cell-tloOr. 1t wns
bard work, and had to bo done slowly and