St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-17
sTILLwATER's SENSATION.
The Attempted Escape Was Ar
ranged While Taking a Drink of
Water,

The Attempted Escape Was Ar
ranged While Taking a Drink of
Water.
Itnow appears that the attempt at es-
cape made at the prison Wednesday by
COnvictS Fred Douglass, John c. DAVIS
and Frank Anderson was the result Of
plan concocted by them at different
times while at work In the machine
shop. Prisoners are not allowed to
speak to one another, but in some way
the trio of culpritS had arranged the es-
cape. In going to the water pail to get
drink, Douglass would hold the dip
per up to his lips as if drinking, and at
the same time be planning and talking
over the attempted escape with the
other two men. They ran out of the
one OF the guards who attempted to stop
them. Reaching the outside of the
building, they watched their oppor-
tunity and passed through the gate, fol-
lowing a sawduSt cart. The three men
certainly must have been desperate or
they would not have made such fool
hardy attempt at escape, knowing as
they did that an armed guard was sta
toned at the gate and others on the
walls.
jim Tracy, we'll known in this city.
was arrested Wednesday evening for
drunkenness and was sentenced to sixty
days in jail by Judge Nethaway yester-
day, this being his fourth Otfense. AS
Tracy was being taken to the city jail
after sentence was pronounced he ap-
peared very much depressed. and upon
reaching the Jail he turned and ran,
leaving Officer MartinSon behind. The
Scheffer law was too much for him. and
he apparently objected to serving the
sentence given him by the Judge. He
has not been recaptul ed, and no extra
ordinary efforts will be made in that
direction, as Tracy has probably left the
city.
Andrew Richmond, secretary of the
Washington County Farmers Alliance,
has forwarded a communication to Sen
ator Donnelly in which he states that
the recent committee appointed to in
vestigate the binding twine plant at the
prison, and if possible ascertain the
probable cost of twine, would recon-
mend that the plant be enlarged to three
or four times its present capacity. and
that an appropriation be made large
enough to conduct the plant success
fully.
The steamer Burdette, owned by the
st. CroiX Lumber company, at South
Saltwater, came up from that village
yesterday afternoon and was the first
boat to pass through the draw in the
pOnt0On bridge this season. The lake is
almost free Of ice from the ST. Croix
boom to the Hudson bridge, and naviga-
ton will open some day the first of next
week.
The steamers Ravenna, Menomonee,
Daisy and Bun Hersey were inspected
yesterday by L. j. Sloan, of st. Paul,
limited States inCnpctOr Of Stao,p yacSalc
The Isaac Staples will not be inspected
until some day next week, her new
smoke stacks having not been put in
place as yet.
The st. CrOiX Lumber company's mill
at South Saltwater will start up for the
season this morning. Several hundred
men will be employed and preparations
have been made for a good seasons
work. The Saltwater Lumber COM
pany's mill will be started next Monday.
The drama Under the Laurels''
will be presented at the high school au-
ditorlum this evening by local anna
teurs, the proceeds to be used in de-
fraying the expense of purchasing the
new books for the school library.
The population at the prison now
numbers 313, of which number 100 are
employed by the Minnesota ThreSher
company, 1877 by the state, and 16 are
sick or infrm.
Mrs. William Schroeder, residing near
Withrow station. died Thursday of la
grippe. The funeral will take place
this afternoon from the late residence.
"Ole Olson," Swedish dialect COM
edy, will be presented at the Grand
opera house tomorrow afternoon and
evening.
d. A. Taylor, of Galena, H., pIomi-
nent i'll lumber circles, was in the city
yesterday looking over the log market.