The Red Cloud chief., 1891-11-13
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For some months R.orei Roll. . no
torious robber. -behavud we'll His de-
Eptdrwite thsnAppsArsdsadERs titonei
sor some jerslH which ahs faaseFs.s
were her own property. Auyhew.ahn
aajt<fd abput and !. hsatd abe had IN
interview with him wbesher. sne.
helped or not in what .hsppe9ed ,sfter@
Ward Is Best knoxn 70 th1se sNho must
have assisted our native Ja:k Sheppard
in his wonderful esea3,a z II 10 aAaertsd.
that at ) p. m he was locked mp 10 one
Of the solitary cells. which had q iron-
barred door and walls sixteen feet high
with a ba,ten and Msngsiore tiled roof
The next morning R>0jss Sas acp est
His escape was no mystery jvhcn the
mode was carefully examined. =
He sppears "a have been provided
with a light ropc sene'twenty.two <eet
1on4. which lis7 usuiily used ~ the,
weaving welt Tsrthis wa YkHoitA .
tape from his pyjsna; ., tho end Of the
'tapehe Is Fupposed % have tied HIS cop
with n little mud in II, and Rad adruiuyi
thrown il 50 as 70 pass Ibot.sssn the
beam Of the yDoi and tho tilW ~
little shaking the weighted cap brought
down this end Of the rope within reach
When all was quiet he appears, or is
Said. 70 have kwarmed mp the rope and
most professionally removed The heavy
tiles, placing them carefully ono on the
top OF the other. When the hole was
sufficient 10 admit his body he got
through nnd drmv she rope sftsr him TO
4ssiss. IN gnwihg IdoSn from the roof
WheR this ,fsa& was accomplished, he
had 70 cISumyspf the watchers and
cfeafyhe fnher' ana outer vail and pass
'she sesjereenN oshine dASdted The hp
.tSsats "a hste n main for ahet oetural
;'oye5, ky srtungI9Yt a his own, ward
,wEgXle4, into the hospital ward aa1
made Nt' the outer ward at the Saek al
.iksI rhcspita1Eo Here No placed an iruai
rim sgainst thst tvail,f INA Iorina he VA
top sboHt 20 reach the top wiihIits aid,
SO went 80 the building and wrepchcd
on one Of the shutters. OF a window,
lthereby procnring nails. witch Ne fixed
inithe wailiso assist In getting on Sho top
This was easily accomplished, Tp =
srend on tbs 9iher, side ~as nothing fs'
him: but the next question wasIa ys~Fes
iseriJnusg bhhhc hnh thas Was snrmo1htn g
the outer wall, which vsrird ffoyp
Observation-Disclosures 'heisaK- Even
thiKhal been thoughA. Of, ~ h lFwAlked
half way round the Jail TO TN, black
smiths shop, situated between the na,Aer
AHai ihnef Wall, Where Ne. forced open
chast!l se1AeI himsth With aA I'm .
ment sufficient for his purposeiand next
,~p!oceehe& n the saprrintSndsns's ofise
which is tn&Nt 70 thsl f4poys' ;g,iarsl
room. The paddock offsred, little re,
~si>tancc. The contents ofthe prisoners
ysopertyn box we're soon rshsaeked.
Appropristiag forty rupees in caah and
rigging himself out ID the best s,it"OJ
clothes Of pndertrial .prisYnerN he pro-
ceeded to The outer wall. where he rausl
have bern Some time fistehihg 10 thu
footsteps Of The sentinel and at the
SAME time wdrkiDg thtourhfthe wall
with his hacksWifh's Supplement- during
the interval between the sentry'S visits
At last, when all but through. his keen
Hearing ptointed'to the time for the re
ni1vaf 'of'ths last i~mpediricnt, 'and ne
was free, with fcsty rupees 10 hi.
pocket and agotai suit of clothes 10 his
tack. ,u,rsrl"1 r,alp .ud -.r
p Thus ended, . well ;planned, skillfuI
md daring escape. much Ia the chagrin
of' the jail authorities and the Contingent
guard. whose sentry shortly afttrward
starnbled over the debris accumulated
ON, his footpath- which had not been
there when be last passed that wsy.-
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