New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-29

owner recovered his senses and al
most forgot his grief as he read the
following lines:
1.-THE BurtoWn Murder--EscaDe of
the Prisoner" After detailing the in
cidents of the hearing before the mag
istrate and the remand of the prison
er. pending the inquest, the paragraph
went on as follows:
"On leaving the court. Watson was
conducted between four officers to the
van. Just as he was stepping IN, and
when the policemen were endeavoring
to keep back the crowd that pressed
round the prison, suddenly snapped
his handouts in someinexpllcable man
ner, and, knocking down the consta-
bles who threw themselves upon him,
broke through the bystanders and
fled down the street. The whole affair
took place as it seemed in a sec
ond. One minute, and Watson, rigor-
ously guarded, was quietly walking
into the van in the midst of officers;
the next, and he was free, tearing
down the street with the police and
the populace at his heels. He was seen
to dodge down a back alley down at
Shut lane, and followed by the crowd
Of several hundreds. At the end Of
Shut lane he disappeared round cor
ner, and, strange to say, has not been
seen again. There can be no doubt
he will be recaptured, but his present
escape and Disappearance are most
mysterious. We understand that the
Foil L \
agility, but none the less it will be a
standing disgrace to our police au.
thorit1es that prisoner should thus,
in broad day light and in the midst of
a crowded thoroughfare, effect his es-
cape from the very hands of Justice.
A reward of e1OO has been offered for
his reapprehension. Watson is about
5 feet inches in height, strongly built,
aud when he escaped was dressed in a
gray-fustain suit, a red scarf and soft
hat. He may further be distinguished
by q scar across his chin, and by hav-
ing an arrow tattooed on the back Of
his left hand"
This was about the extent OF the
information contained in the para
graph, and my readers can agree with
me that the news was sufficiently ex-
citing to occupy my thoughts to the
complete exclusion of the unpleasing
experience had just passed through.
AS lay back in my seat to muse
what had read, my thoughts began
alter while to wander, and my head
to nod, according to their wont at
midnight, and before long l fell asleep.
How long | slept | cannot tell-pro-
badly for a few minutes only-but in
those few minutes I underwent most
discom forting dream. I dreamed
that Chlppy Watson stood over me,
mallet in hand, and that my travelling
companion was holding his hand to
avert the threatened blow. She strug-
gled in vain, and the mallet fell-l ct
with a strangely light touch-upon
my arm. With start, I awoke, and
then saw the girl Of my dream bend
ing over me with a scrap of paper in
her hand
But her face, how terribly was it
changed! Instead OF the dainty pink
flush 1 had last seen, there was q
chastity whiteness in her cheeks, and her
eyes seemed starting from her head
in terror. Holding mp one finger. as
If to command silence, she passed me
the paper, on which was written the
following words:
"some one is underneath my seat
and has just touched me!'
Was 1T the dream which filled me
with the thought that this was an
idle alarm? | cannot tell, but this
much know that in an instant there
flashed across my mind with over
whelming force the thought OF the es.
capped wife-murderer.
returning my companions silence
signal by a gesture CT acquiescence, |
wrote upon the paper:
1T Is probably only a dog. Shall /
look under the seat?"
Her answer WAS short and to the
point:
"No, do not look. It was hand
Here, then, was 81 sufficient diem
m a. but by comparison with what
h ad passed before between my fellow
passenger and myself, it was a diem
ma that | felt almost disposed to vel
come. The male sex in my person
was about to assume its rightful po-
sltlon OF protector to it's weaker, it's
would-be independent companion.
Sweet was my revenge, and yet the re-
Venge scarcely promised to be wholly
pleasurable.
My first action was to remove any
suspicion that there might be in the
mind OF the mysterious third occu-
pant OF our carnage, through the pre-
sumably accidental action of having
touched lady's dress. Giving vent
to an audible yaWn, as though I had
just awakened from sleep,l remarked,
IN tone OF cool impertinence:
"You really must excuse me for ad-
dressing you again, madam, but will
you permit me to smoke, to enIiven
this tedious journey"
AS spoke, accompanied my words
by a meaning glance, and was favored
with the reply:
Certainly, if you wish it; I cannot
prevent you"
Thereupon l produced my pipe and
tobaeco-pouch and proceeded slowly
to ill the former, as thought out the
plan OF action. On reference to my
watch, j saw that the train would
stop in another ten minutes. Clearly,