The morning call., 1894-03-25
THE PLOT FAILED.
Jailer GilIigan's Find in a
Cell.
A Woman's Effort to Aid Her Hus-
band in Escaping From the
Oakland Jail.

II &. P. Ryerson, the fOrger, who is BOW
serving term in San Quentin for fifteen
months for forgery, d not been sent up when
he was 1t is probable that there would have
been a jailbreak recorded at the Alameda
County Jail ere this.
Ryerson was a very smooth article and was
locked up for signing a mans name to cheek
down In Washington Township. When the
time came on for his trial he pleaded guilty,
hoping to get OF lightly, but the Judge knew
his man and gave him pretty stiff sentence.
When he received his sentence his wife,
very pretty and stylish young woman. almost
had spasm in the courtroom. She had toned
herself up for something dramatic. blt her ef-
fort did not save her husband from the peni-
tentiary. and perhaps now he Will lose whole
lot of credits which might have shortened his
term OF fifteen months.
This wife was very attentive to her husband
when he was 10 the jail, and developments
show that she was at work for his freedom.
In some mysterious way known only TO iaiiers
WORD came from San Quentin 10 the effect hat
Ry rson left In the cell he had occupied a sci
OF steel saws, which had been smuggled in TO
him By his wife. H occupied the cell with
man named Rogers. and 1t seems that Rogers
also knew about the saws.
Rogers Sttl occupies his cell, where he is
serving term for cutting man In the Weber
House few months ago He has a bad
record. being wanted In Nevada City and Saera-
menlo Tor burglary, and IL is also said that he
knows who IL was th-t turned the engines
loose near Fresno TWO years ago, when u freight
train was run into aud the engineer Killed.
! his was done in the hope that a passenger
train which Was due would be wrecked the
perpetrators intending 10 rob the same, but the
fright slipped In ahead and the engineer lost
his life.
Ryerson and Rogers were ft ceIlmates. and
Mrs. Ryerson on one OF her visits left the saws
with them. But 10 get th N was the question
Ryerson bad left any saws in the cell, but that
gentleman denied any know ledge OF them. The
JaileT was Dot TO be put of. however, and went
into the cell and shut the door. He stayed with
his man the greater pant OF the afternoon, and
finally Rogers divulgeu the secret,
The saws we're raised by string up through
The ceiling OF III e CELL which has a cage-like
top. aud were so completely hidden no one
would ever have found them excerpt by merest
accident. They comprise ten of the finest
possible make, such as are used by jewellers
and steel-woTkeTs, and accompanying them
was cute conIrlyaBee which was TO be u>ed
for a handle. The whole were done up in oiled
cloth and packed IN the smallest possible space.
There was enough OF them to saw out OF the
strongest prison cell that was ever made. and
made TO do lightning work
The woman VINO brought them to the iaii ia
now supposed to be in SIN Francisco Her
own record seems 10 have been little better
than that of her husband, for she was arrested
on onr OF her visits TO the Jail by officers from
San Francisco, on warrant from that place,
charging her with grand larceny. How she got
out OF that scrape is not known.
The officers OF the Jail feel highly elaIed over
the mud, and have gwen the jail and prison
thorough overhaullng.