Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-27
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A Hindoo Getaway Who Wa. ReAii, abb
aud Could Tive Nnst nuu Points

A Hindoo Cstsuay Who Was Really Able
aud Could Tive aost nun rointa
For some months Raolee Koli, no
,orious robber. behaved we'll His do
voted wife tlien appeared aud peti
toned Cor some Jewels. which she o.
serted were her own property. Any
how. She loiierod about, and Il IL said
sho had an interview with him.
Whether sho helped or not In what
happened aftosward l. best known 10
those who must have nssistod our M
tive Jack Sheppard In his wonderful
escape II Is asserted that at p M.
he was locked up In one Of the solitary
coils. which had mn iron barred door
and walls sixteen ieot high. with bat
ten and Maugaloro tiled roof. The
next morning i.aolee was non est lis
escape was no mystery when the mode
WINS carefully examined.
Ito appears to have been provided
with light rope some twenty-five feet
long, which is usually used Tor the
weaving wcit. 10 thi. was knotted n
tape from his pylama AT the end of
the tape he IL supposed to have tied his
cap with n little mud In II, and Ind al
roltly thrown II 90 Ms TO pas. between
the beam Of the roof and the tile. By
little shaking the weighted cap
brought down this end Of the rope with
In reach When all Is quiet he appears
or Is sald to have swauucd up the rope
/ aud most professionally removed the
heavy tiles, placing them carefully one
on top Of the other When the hole
was sufficient to admit his body he got
through aud drew the rope after him
TO assist In getting down from the roof
When this feat was accomplished he
| had 10 circ1mvent the watchers and
clear the inner aud outer walls and pass
the sentrica Nothing dsuntcd. he ap
pears 10 have made for tho central
tower by getting out Of his own ward.
wrgglod into tue hospital Warl and
made for the outer ward ut the back Of
tho hospital. Here he placed ma iron
pot against the wall. but found he was
too short to reach the top with Ia aid,
70 went to the building aud wrcnchcd
OFT ono of tia shutters Of window.
thereby procuring mills, which hc aSod
Ia the wall to assist In getting on tho
top. This wns easily accomplished To
descend on tho other side WIS nothing
Tor him. but the noit question was a
more serious one-thnt was. surmount.
ing the outer wall, which varied from
eighteen 10 twenty feet In height.
Even this had been thought Of, rs
he walked half around the jail TO the
blaclsmith's shop. situated between
tho outer and inner walls. whore he
forced open the chest armed himself
with nm implement sufficient for hli
purpose, and noyt proceeded 10 tho
supohntcndrnrs Office, which {. next 10
the scpoyS guard room- The paddock
Offered little resistance The contents
OF tho prisoners property box were soon
mnmckcd Appropriatlns forty rupees
| In cash aud rigging himself ont Ia the
best suit OF clothes 81 under Trial
prisoners, he proceeded to tho outrI
wall, where he must have been som.
tno listening 20 tho footsteps OF tll'
sentinel, and at the same time working
through tho wall with his blacksmith
Implement during tho interval between
the scntry's visits.
AZ last. when all but through, hl
keen hearing polntod to the tino fol
the removal of tho last impeachment
and lac was free, with forty rupees IL
J his pocket aud a good suit Of clothes {,
! his back
Thu. ended a wcll planned, skilliu
aud daring escape, much 20 the chagrir
Of the jan authorities aud the contin
gent guard, whose sentry shortly after
ward stumbled over the debris accu
INFLATED ON his footpath, which had no
been thoro when he last passed tina
way.-Allahabad Qndlal Pioneer