The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-28
DRYDEN'S COOL RUSE.
He Made the Jafler Believe He
Was . Preacher.
HIS DISGUISE 4 WHITE COLLAR.


John Dryden, aiias william Hawthorn.
aiss UNsiii. sho escaped from the county
Jsh sunday afternoon owsnx TO careless
nsss on The part of Acting Jajlef Jim
Wells. u still II large. Sheriff woolery Il
very anxious to recapsure shs notorious
criminal and yesterday offered $40 reward
for his arrest.
IL transpired yesssrday that DRYDEN. ~
though one Of the most insignificant
human beings that walks the earth. 50 far
As personal appearsnce il concerned. Is the
most successful jail breaker in the Pacific
Northwest. After he vas sentenced 70 the
penitsntiary by Judge Burke several years
ago he deceived the authorities at Wslia
Waals into believing he vas insane.
II took him Eve weeks 70 do II.
but he finally succeeded and Vas
Transferred TO 6sellacoom, from which
place he escaped in three daya At differ
emit times under names that have not been
learned he broke out Of the county Jail at
Vancouver. and also escaped from the
Oregon penitentiary % Salem. He freely
confessed While in jail here within the last
month that he had . horror Of serving
seven years AZ Walla waiia. Jailer Nun
roe was an xious that he should, and told
him when the last and toughest batch Of
criminals that ever vent from the county
Jail were taken to the penitentiary that he
would 60 next trip. Yes. will go II l
am here" Was the reply. Dryden's daring
leap from 3 Northern Pacific train near
Palmer while returning from Walia walla
to await the result Of his appeal and his
prompt rscapsurs BY his guards Is . matter
of recent history.
Dryden even then Was planning to es-
cape. but freely admitted to his fellow
prisoners thss he Was afraid Of Monros or
Night Jailer Smith. When Monroe took
the trip to Waiia Walia, and Wells Was
put on in his place. Dryden said his time
had come and he was going to make .
break. His plans were well laid, for whom
Sunday came he came forth In decent
clothes. . high white collar and Q necktie
Of the same color. Without much effort
he assumed sanc,imonious look and
awaited Developments. The dummy that
lay In his cot Was made with consummats
skill, tbs feet being Of tobacco bags. COW
cred ia such way ~ to fool one 1t frat
glance. The head was Of garments bound
with . handkerchief. II was . part
Of the plan that Spoonsr. Drydsn's cell
mate. was to throw Night JaiIer Smith off
by saying: Shorty has . headache"
When the evangslists. Mr.. and Mrs..
Peterson. who reside In the vicinity of the
Madison street power house. and Henry
Van Asselt, the wsll-known pioneer, were
admitted, Dryden Immediately accosted
them with joyful tones. saying that he
just received information Of his pardon,
and Was going to leave whsn they
went ont. Prayers were said over him,
and With solemn voice Dryden would
come in Ut the close with "amsn." At the
time OF going out Dryden picked mp
religious paper and walked past Acting
Jailsr Wells. Once outside the court
house hs went his own way, no one seems
to know where. and II any one does Sheriff
Woolery viii pay them well for the In
formation.
Following 10 Dryden's description:
Australian by birth, feet So inches
tall, - years old. weight III pounds. dark
hair, hazel syes, chest measurement IS
inches. barber by trade, very peaked face
aad high cheek bones"
The county Jail has no monopoly in
deliveries, however, Night Jailsr 6tspler
was suspended yesterday afternoon by
Chief Of Police Jackson for allowing Frank
Mccoy, petit larcenist, to escape from
the city prison.
Frank Mccoy vas arrested Saturday
afternoon with fellow giving the name Of
John Mccoy. on the charge of stealing q
coat from T. L. Davney's clothing store on
Pike street They were put In separate
cells In the steel tank, and later 8.
Samuels. who was arrested on the charge
Of assault and battery, was put in with
Frank Mccoy. During the evening some
of samuels' friends came mp to bail him
out and accompanied Jaiier Stepler to the
tank, where he was confined. After
Samuels had been gone some time the
jaiier discovered that the other
man who ought to have been
in the tank had gone. How he
got ont 10 still not clear. but II 10 thought
the tank was left unlocked, making 1t an
easy matter to reach the entrance under
the receiving cell and thence into the Aley
at the rear Of the prison by jumping the
fence. As soon as Chief Jackson learned
Of the case he laid the m atter before Mayor
Ronald. and rs q result the night taller
was suspended.
Mccoy Is 10 years old, FIVE feet three
inches tall. and weighs lis pounds. He
has brown hair and eyes.