New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-30
LlTTMERS STORY OF HIS ESCAPE
MIXED THE POISON TO sTUPEFY BUT NOT 70
KILL HIS KEEPERS


Jackson Mich March 2g.-Coming over from
Jerome, where he was caught, Lamer the matsicide.
told the following story to j. j. LOwerey one Of Ms
captors: al Intended to escape, II / could, Ill the
time. studied up the medicines which knew would
net the quickest and do the work effectively but
never intended to kill any one. / read books On
poison, and found that BY diluting prussc acid to .
certain degree it would act safely and suddenly.
wanted to ax it SO l could make the night guards
unconscious for an hour. No man guard knew
a thing Of what intended to do All the officers
about the prison are absolutely blameess OF anything
that has happened. i sorry that Haight Is dead
l only INTENDED to make him sick, the same as GILL
must have made the solution stronger than thought.
The officers can am telling the truth by look
ing at the book In my cell, where ! read how TO
dilute the prlissc acid The story OF the buried
money in Rhode Island invented TO interest ana
please GILL; / saw he ready to believe the story
and kept II up.
"Do YOU know what made my plans mlscarry1
II WAS the crash OF that dish. 1t brought Kice TO
the scene and he disarranged everything hn'sns
was Quiet Gill was nearly helpless and would have
had everything all to myself II II had not Deen ios
the crash OF that dish. l would have locked ths
guards all in; would have had three HOURS tns
start before they could have made any ehort 70 paf
suo me- I would have left the prison with Vanss
containing two revOlvers and good clothlns' arc
before they could have been hard after me "ous
hay. been 200 miles away The poison which
used was a mixture Of opium and prusS'c n'pa. ~
was certainly not intended that there snouio W
enough pulssc acid to be fatal. Inc logic VI .He
mixture Is this The opium secures the usui se0Pus
enect and prlssic acid secures an immeuia'e eneS
That was the whole scheme OK the nnA'uie' "A~
,ant imagine why 1t went wrong.
AFTER leaving tho prison started 10 run .,s.
don't think stopped until ] had mace 'hiec "''s'
The first stop / made was at a farmer nouse, WV"
7 was furnished with coat, hat ana T'' "'o' :
tnen logged ahead and the next stop maze was w
hr.oh,ast. I cut Of through the fields ana sA'' ~
tho edge of the woods all day. In a'.cmpuns mi, hus
swamp got my feet yer, wet anu VIII III wss nv
sround sIuWi and sprained my ahkic' a,n1ns an
WasnrIoo Had II not been for this accucn'Y s,snt
safsned that | would have MADE ny tseaP' want n,
yas,.rdny between Hanover and MOSCOW; mems ~ ~
sows,binc n eat at one house and picked up IN os
",It on nv wny out after being refused Isu.
night Mrs TryOn near Jerome ga'S, ,u -, ,,et some
and 7 went from there ~ u Mr. Moore W 90 s,cr~
i"th;pC ana he advised Ia GO 70 the Jctvs Ia ~
I went and there you are Inc ian'e '""'~ ~
out" 49, >,,, On, journal dispatch
from Jackson Mich, says: AIti ils,r III Ta,hss
T. IN the CITY to attend The fu'erai y, s o, III
t;eoryc W. Haght, the dead keeper. VIM ~ mind ii
morning he was not In pleasant iani' VI h, aims
link he said. that II WAS I .nhne "a. ,ri,ho1
uas s.nt into town in the dead OF me mg,, % e. "a
notifying ANYBODY that he wa cows, liz ID, YOU seo
honor 10 snvo such poltroons bie. 81. ~ NJ, ysctsf
mi, =, and Mr. Haght pnlled partially rom ' crmns
n large revolver. " IL hnd klio"n ~, hat him Il
7 would have shot him. came ne.e W ao thar
/ had an opportunity, and sAa'i i"asS ''ee' Vs.
missed the chance.