Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-19

appearance caused little or no comment
Tne foreman of the shop thought
that they had been either mis-
laip or thrown away as worthless
As matter of fact the hammer and chisel
and that gentleman was preparing for the
serious work before him The door of his
cell is made of half-inch bars of chilled
iron. There are eight of these bars, and
they are held in place by four crossbars of
flatiron With the aid of the files and q
small which he manufactured out Of an old
caseknife Havers removed a two-foot Sec
tion of tour OF these iron bars In their
place he substituted pieces of wood, which
were painted black and held in place by
bits of putty. The taak of doctoring his
cell door caused Havers deal of trouble
and a serious loss of sleep as he was
forced to work at night But
at o'clock yesterday morning the work
was done, and the first barrier in his way to
liberty had been removed.
Naitine for His Victim.
Havers secreted his tools in . corner of
the ventllating fiue in the rear of his cell
and laid down in his cot. When Keeper
Eberhart looked into the cell at o'clock
Havers was lying on the cot with his eyes
tightly closed, and apparently sleeping
The keeper turned and walked down tine
dimlv lighted corridor. If he had
looked backward be would have been
ENJOYING his usual health. But he did not
turn, and no one interiered with Havers
when he pulled the flimsy wooden bars from
the cell door and pushed his body through
the narrow opening
Once out of his cell Havers put on his
coat and hat and walked down the corridor.
When he reached the top of the circular
stairway leading to the ground floor he
halted for a moment. The occupant of
neighboring cell saw him draw from the
pocket of his coat short club Then he
descended the steps and stole softly through
the lower or main corridor. Two hundred
yards from his own cell and on the
ground floor, directly opposite
door which opened into The prison
yard there was an empty cell The door of
the cell was open. Havers entered and
crouched in the corner. Meantime Keeper
Eberhart, having completed his inspection
OF the cells in the west wing, faced about
and started down the corridor Just before
he reached the hiding place of Havers he
pressed the electric button which notified
those on duty in the main office of the
prison that he had completed his rounds.
Thc Attack Upon the Keeper
At this juncture Havers stepped out of
cell No TO- The keeper stood to the left,
six feet away. Havers took just two steps,
and then raised his club and brought it
down with crushing force on the back of
Eberhart's mead. The latter sunk to his
knees with groan of pain. Eberhart is a
man of 50 opd he nop,le uaror,
is % pounds heavier, and has the physique
of prize fighter. Despite this advantage
the cautious convict took no chance. Twice
again he struck his prostrate adversary with
the club. Then he grabbed the keeper bv
the shoulders and dragged him into cell
No. 10.
This sudden journey over the cemented
floor awoke Eberhart to realization of
what was going on, and he straightway re-
newed the battle. Somehow or other he got
hold of the club and, weak as he was, man.
aged to give his assailant couple OF sharp
clips over the head. But his rally was ILL
timed and useless. Havers gained his Sec
ond wind, and Wrestling the club from Eber-
hart's grasp pounded the latter into insensi-
bility. When he was satisfied that all the
fight had been Knocked cut of his opponent
Havers bound Eberhart's hands and feet
and placed an improvised gag in his mouth.
Robbed His Unconscious Victim.
Having done this he searched the pockets
of hls victim. The fruits of this search
were the prison keys and loaded revolver
Havers appropriated these articles. Then
he stepped to neighboring cell and thrust
ing his hands between the bars of the door
pulled out pair of shoes. With his feet
encased in the hobrails and the keys and
revolver safe in his pocket Havers returned
to cell No. 10 and renewed his attentions to
Eberhart "Curse you," he said, ''you have
given me pile of trouble and I guess I'll
give you one for luck" Then he raised his
right foot and stamped on the breast of the
PROSTATE keeper.
Hayers stepped out into the corridor and
closing the door withsa bang, locked it with
one of the keys ne had captured from the
inmate.
"Well, boys" he said, turning to the in
mates of the neighboring cells, 81 am going