Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-07
THE EXODUS.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE BOIL
JAIL BREAK YESTERDAY.
Interesting Details Of the Manner In Which
Six Prisoners Walked Awsy-No Trace Of
Thorn Found at Last Accounts-A Dla-
gram Of the Cells Two BurgIaries on
st. Antho ~ Hill.

The escape of six prisoners from the county
all little after o'clock yesterday morning,
the particulars of which were given 10 the last
issue of the GLOBE, was the general
tonic of consideration on the
street yesterday. 1t was deliberate ana well
planned escape and wholly successful in all
particulars. There seems to have been moth
ing to mar the success OF the attempt. The
time was well chosen to carry 1t out, both as
to the time they were to leave the Jail and as
to the stupid night Waterman Robinson
who let these robbers loose again upon the
community. Had this night-watchman
obeyed the orders of the sheriff they would
have been to-day in the Jail as safe as they
were before they escaped. From the best in
formation that can be obtained the Waterman
has uttered falsehood in regard to the cause
OF his unlocking the door. The sheriff has
ordered him over and over again not, under
any circumstances, to unlock the inside grated
door that leads to the corridor, after night,
without first calling him, the sheriff, and hav
ing him present. This order was clearly and
decidedly violated yesterday morning
by the night Waterman, and to escape the
consequences he seems to have framed false
hood. The cells are twelve in number and
are built of stone in the middle of an OblOng
room, and one end Of each cell backs up
dHdluct O0t tUu ia duOtucIs 1udb ID W ody1
there are six cells on the south side OF the
center of this oblong room and six on the
other side. These cells are num-
bered from one to twelve, commencing
with the first cell next the grated door on the
south side and running around to the Oppo-
site side. Number 3 cell is just opposite num-
Der 10, and number II is next above. In num-
Der 8 cell were Lavalle and schmicker; in mum.
Der 10, right opposite, were Hamilton and
Gahr; in number II were Miller and Heath.
This brings Miller and Heath to the second
cell from the grated door that Robinson
opened when he entered the corridor. Robin.
son seems to have made two conflicting state
ments on the night of the escape. In one state
ment he declares that standing in the ante
room, before the jail proper, and looking
down the corridor in front Of the west tier OF
lower end of the corridor was out
and that he unlocked the grated door
and went down towards the gas burner
with view of relightipg it, and that when he
got in front of cell number ten, the second
one from the grated door, prisoner sprang
out and seized him, then others came and all
bound and gagged him. This story, if the
can be relied upon, is false. This prisoner
says that about Q o'clock Hamilton, who
occupied cell number ten, called to the night
Waterman, Robinson, and asked him for a
drink of water and that the night Waterman
without any hesitancy unlocked the grated
door and went in. He says that at that time
the gas that Robinson says went out was
burning all right, and that there was no
trouble at all with the gas. 1t had not been
blown out and there was no wind to
blow it out. This prisoner says that
after they had bucked and gagged Robinson,
Hamilton told Miller to 20 and put the gas
out, and he did 30. II this statement is cor.
rect, it shows that Robinson has misrepre-
scented the reason why he opened the door, and
that he evidently thought it would be more
satisfactory for him to say he had unlocked
the door in violation OF the sheriff's
orders for the purpose of lighting the gas
than 1t would for him to say he had opened ii
at the request of one of the prisoners. This
prisoner says that it was from twenty to
twenty.fiv minutes from the time the grated
door was unlocked till tie prisoners left the
Jail. lie says that Sftel they had bucked and
gagged Robinson they took plenty of time to
dress themselves. At first they had nothing
but their shirts and drawers on. When
left they locked the grated door that opened
into the corridor, so that Robinson was locked
in with the rest of the prisoners; that Robin
son finally got off the bed where he was
bound and by pushing his head against one oil
the heavy plank outside the door of one of the
cells attracted the attention of the prisoner
who unbound him.
DIAGRAM OF THE CELLS.
The following diagram of the corridors and
cells will give general idea of the situation