The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-30
4 NIMBLE SICK MAN.
Miller, the smallpox Patient,
Escapes in Early Morn.
POLICE AND DOCTORS FOOLED
me Object Of Misplaced sympathy sud
den'y Receivers and Escapes while
His Nurse sleeps.

bufgiar William Miller, who was sektto the
pesf-honse on the Duwamish rivert from the
county jail, Monday night, suffering from "con-
nuent smallpox" has escaped from that insti-
luton, ana y still at large, either wandering
about in delirium or carefully eluding the
omcers who are searching for him
It Il more than likely that the latter case
circumstances indicate that three OF the
leading lights of seattle's medical fratern-
ity were taken IN by Q smooth criminal
whose novel ruse to escape serving I'VE years in
the dreary prison at walla Walla has worked
successfully. The sufferings of Miller - he
"as carried from the county jail to the carriage
were apparently so great that Sheriff McGraw
who stood By, chided himstif for the heartless
thought OF sending sn armed quart along to
keep the smallpox patient In the pest-hOuse.
He reasoned that il Miller attempted TO es-
cape the nurse corld easily restrain him. When
the pest-house was reached and Miller was COM
iortanly installed in room he grew better aud
talked to his nurse. He felt very sorry that he
had been taken sick, and said tfSat he hoped
that he would be well about the
time that his sentence expired. When
asked how long be had to serve, he replied:
'Only seven days" Whether that had any
thing TO do with it or not, Nurse McDonald who
was rot aware OF the dangerous character OF his
charge, lay down at O'Clock in the morning
ana sank into peaceful sluInber. He awoke
with start at O'clock aud to his horror dis
covered that Miller was gone. He made
hasty search OF the house and then of the i'm
u diate surroundings, but the seek man" was
gone. Miller was then, no doubt spreading the
Germs OF the dread disease through the beaati-
inl Duwamish valley in hasty flight to some
cover In Seaste.
Mcdonald started for town at daylight and at
O'Clock startled the occupants of the sheriffss
ofnte With the announcement that t'the man
with the smallpox has escaped"
Sneriif McGraw Immediately detailed Deputy
Woolery to pursue Miller. The latter armed
WITH Winchester, went to the pest house aud
began TO search for clue that would show in
which direction the fugitive went The tracks
OF three men leading from the pest-house to the
riy were found. This indicated that Miller
was assisted to escape, and that he was brought
to seattie in boat The deputy, however, en-
gagged two meA aud secured the valley for mics
in the vicinity, warning all whom he met OF the
escape aud the condition of the fugitive
The announcement that Nj Ter had escaped
was the cause OF considerable amusement on the
streets. II was Immediately set down that the
doctors had teen fooled by Miller, VINO at once
became famous as q clever rascal
Sheriff McGraw said that he had always been
SIX, ptical about Miiler's case, and was now more
SO than ever. He said: "While I do not set
myself up as knowing more about this case than
the physicians, had the confidence to bet DE-
Eames $25 this morning that case OF smallpox
would not break out in the jail inside of two
weeks
The physicians are still firm in the belief that
in spite OF the fact that Miller is leading the
officers OF the law merry chase around the
country, he has coDfuent smallpox. which is
about the worst form OF the deadly disease.
They laugh at the idea that Miller took drugs to
produce the pustules on his body.
Every effort possible will be made to capture
Miller. II he is found and il well he viii psy
the state the Eve years service in the Walla
Waila peuitentiary, aud If he has smallpox he
Is liable to spread 1t all over the state of Wash
ington. Here are two excellent incentives to
the officers OF the law to get in and capture
him. He is described as follows: Five feet
eight inches tall, light hair. blonde moustache
and a weeks growth of beard, light blue eyes,
weight ABOUT Loo pounds, heavy bald, and
covered with blotchss supposed to be smallpox
pustules. In spite OF what has happened to
make him disbelieve that Miller has the small
pox, Sheriff McGraw will maintain the qusran-
tine in the county jail until it is settled whether
Miller has or has not got the smallpox.