The rustler., 1891-11-20

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Fer some months RAojes KoiI . no
inrious rubhcr. behaved well Hls de-
voted wife thea appeared and petitioned
Tor some lewelk which she asserted
were her oNn property. Anyhow. she
loiiered about. and IL Il aid she had Al
interview with him Whether sAs
hslped or not IN what happened after
ward s best known 20 those who must
have assisted our native Jack sheppard
In his wonderful escape. II is asserted
that Al ?. m. be was locked up Ia enc
Of The solitary cells which had sn iron.
barred door and walls sixteen feet high.
with bstten and Mangalore tiled FOOT
The next morning Raojee was non est
his escape was no mystery when the
mode was carefully examined.
He appears 10 have been provided
with light rope some TWENTY-FIVE feet
long. which Is usually used for the
weaving wcft To this was knotted
tape from his pyiama; at the end Of the
tape he Is supposed 10 have tied his cap
with a little mud In IL. and had adroitly
thrown Il 80 as TO pass between the
beam Of the roof and the tiles By
little shaking the weighted cap brought
down this end ef the rope within reach.
When all was quiet he appears, or Is
said. 10 have swarmed up the rope aud
most professionally removed the heavy
tiles, placing them carefully one on the
top of the other When the hole was
sufficient 10 admit his body he got
through and drew the rope after him ia
assist in getting down from the roof
When this feat was accomplished, he
had 10 circumvent the watchers and
clear the inner and outer wall and pass
the sentries Nothing daunted. he APP
pears TO have made for the central
tower by getting out of his own ward,
wriggled into the hospital ward. and
made for the outer ward at the back of
the hospital. Here he placed an iron
tin against the wall but found he was
too short to reach the top with its aid,
so went to the building and wrenched
off one of the shutters of a window.
thereby procuring nails, which he fixed
In the wall to assist in getting on the top.
This was easily accomplished To de-
scend on the other side was nothing for
him; but the next question was more
serious one - that was surmounting
the outer wall, which varied from
eighteen TO twenty feet in height Even
this had been thought of, us he walked
half way round the Jail TO the black
smiths shop, situated between the outer
and inner wall, where he forced open
the chest, armed himself with an imple-
ment sufficient for his purpose, and next
proceeded to the superintendent Office,
which is next to the Sepoys' guard
room. The paddock offered little re-
sistance. The contents of the prisoners
property box were soon ransaclsed
Appropriating forty rupees in cash and
rigging himself out in the best suit OF
clothes of undertrial prisoners he pro-
ceeded to the outer wall, where he must
have been some time listening to the
footsteps of the sentinel and lf the
same time working through the wall
with his blaeksmith's Implement during
the interval between the sentry's visits. |
at last when all but through, his keen
hearing pointed TO the time for the re.
moval of the last impeachment, and he !
was free, with forty rupees in his |
pocket and good suit of clothes to his |
back
Thus ended a well-planned, skillful |
and daring escape, much to the chagan |
of the Jail authorities and the contingent |
guard, whose sentry shortly afterward |
stumbled over the debris accumulated |
on his footpath, which had not been /
there when no last passed that way. :
Allahabad Pioneer.