Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-29

bery ana SET certain Things rlgnt.
For three or four days Clark beat
about the bush, playing the chaplain
for all he was worth, and the result
was that the Rev. Tobias Green visit
ed the prison with his mind made up
to listen to some strange and wonder
full confession. 1t was not Clark day
for confessing. He realized that he
was bad-b-a-d man, and was quite
willing to talk about his soul and
his future, but he would tell his sto-
.ry some other day-the day after to-
morrow. An appointment was made
for that day with Rev. Tobias Green.
and he departed feeling that he had
greatly softened the heart OF despe-
rate man. Clark "indisposition" in
creased somewhat, just enough to
keep him in his cell and TO prevent
him from being too closely watched.
The chaplain came in and prayed
with him, the doctor sent him few
doses oil quinine, and whenever any
one looked into his cell the man was
lying on his bed.
At A O'Clock on the afternoon of
the day designated the Rev. Tobias
Green put in an appearances. 1t was
midwinter, and the day was so cold
that the preacher was well bundled
up, having on a heavy overeoat and
a iur cap and muller. The day ,fas
so dark that some of the
halls vera lighted. One of the
hall masters conducted the
preacher to Clark's cell
and left him, and the good man took
+ko o<,N,.,a+ ~, 4ha harJ a,,d a1x,o,o
~ inquired after the state ofhis health,
Not more than two minutes had clap
sed before the preacher was lying on
his back on the bed, with a gag in his
mouth and his thoughts terribly mix
ed up from a rap on the head. When
he had got matters Strengthened out
he was stripped to his shirt and draw
ers; and his hands and feet securely
tied Clark had prepared himself for
the Job, and it was done in a prompt
and thorough manner Inside of ter
minutes he was dressed in the preach
er's clothing, while the latter was
covered up with the blankets. Then
the convict sat down with his back 20
the door and kept up a mumbling con
yersation for halfan hour. During this
time, as he himself related, he poured
into the preachers ear all the stories
he had ever heard to the detriment of
the "cloth." He finally ended by sing
ing hymn, and when he PISSED out
side the cell door he turned and said,
in voice meant to be heard by the
hall watchman:
Good night, my son. truly hope
that this visit has been the means of
doing you good. l will come again to-
morrow, if possible"
With that he started for the hall,
and the Waterman passed him to the
wicket This was unlocked without
question, as also were all other OBJ
structions to liberty, and he reached
the street without the slightest hind
rance He had relatives in the sub
urbs Of the city, although the
fact was not known to the prison
officials, and he walked straight to
the house and was taken in. The Rev.
Tobias Green remained passive until
the hour came for the men to be lock-
ed up, when he was discovered. An
alarm was at once sent out but Clark
was safe. He remained secreted in the
house for about a month and was
then shipped away. and his recapture
was never effected. In relating this
story he said that the five or six min
utes necessary for him to pass out OF
the prison aged him more than any
two years of his life.
HONEST CHARLEY's ESCAPE.
A burglar named Charles 0'Leary,
alias Honest Charley, was sent to the
Wisconsin state prison Tor term OF
seven years, but even before he entered
the prison his friends offered to bet
two to one that he would make his es-
cape inside of year. As in the case
previously reported, 0'Leary was
posted about the prison before he be-
came an inmate He was not looked
upon as n desperate man, but rather
as sly one; but after he-had been in
prison for two months and no fault
had been found with him, any extra
surveillance was relaxed. O'Leary
was at first placed in the dining room,
but at his own requestwas changed to
the kitchen, he being a fair hand at
cooking. All the food of the convicts
was received at the kitchen doors from
teams driven into the yard. Thesup-
ply for the day was then carried to the
storeroom, which adioined the kitch-
en-. 1t often happened that two or
three teams were in the yard at once,
while on regular days wagons came for
swill and ashes.
O'Leary had planned from the first
to escape by way of the kitchen, but
he found the difficulties almost with
out number. Nearly all the cooks,
bakers, and helpers in that depart
ment were short-time men who would
not have taken advantage of an open
gate. None of them could therefore,
be relied on to help him out. The
wagons were always under the eyes OF
the guards on the walls, and were
quite often inspected at the gate be-
fore driving out. Had two convicts
placed OLeary in a barrel, covered
him up with refuse, and lifted him into a
wagon, the chances were that he would
have been safely carried out, but there
was not man IN the kitchen whom
he could trust. 1t was a part of his
duties to rake the ashes out from UNI
der large oven and keep them raked
in a pile and wet down until an old
Irishman with a one horse wagon came
to draw them off This happened
every other day at 10 o'clock in the
morning. The Irishman brought
large ash pail with him, and when it
was full O'Leary helped him to carry
it out and empty it into the wagon.
The time occupied in filling the wag-
on was about forty minutes, the man
making two calls before coming to the
kitchen.
0'Leary determined that this Irish
man should be the means of restoring
him to liberty, and he set to work
after carefully matured plan. He
noticed that the mans breath always
smelled of whisky, and that about
every time he came he was quite
stupid with drink. He took a strong
liking to 0'Leary. and after few
weeks volunteered to bring him a
bottle of whisky. The offer was ac-
cepted, and Thanksgiving ay named
as the time when heshould bring it in.
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