The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-20
HE WANTED 4 RAZOR.
Dope Fiend Ford Objects to a
Ragged Beard.
TAkENTo THE "pEN" YESTERDAY
Imacfne< Himself "a Great Criminal and
worships ut the shrine Of Tom
Blanck His Record.

The 2:fe O'Clock train out from the Lake
Shore depot yesterday afternoon over the
Northern Pacific line bore AVA
10 the penltsntlary ~ Na4Ea " AHA
Richard Fl. Ford. the young man wno
made such a bold dash for liberty from the
county ia las- Saturday morning
Mr. Fordis spirits were low. ana ne evil
SAp4lv vas thinking Of the Illuminating
end OF what be thought was 20 De the
eraxldest eroxe in his checkered caFetSf'
lie thinks he is a great criminal now ~
slead OF an ordinary thief ~fth an mr.
stxtalIa desire for morphine, ana IN MS
letters holds himself up 70 his mother as
the Famous burglar known ali over the
country"
II INJURED his feelings Saturday night
when ne Was kept IN cell a4ofle- ne
rald nat he realized that ne haa cone
BtIrkman ''dfri. - and regretted ms actio''
from that point OF view ~
YESTERDAY morning he called Tor burh-
man and asked for razor. saying tnat ne
f.a+e.a 70 20 TO the pen" with his lace
looking 30 ragged.
II g5,esg they will shave you ali ragnt
over al WaIlA WaIsa," said Burkrnsan' SO
A. will save you she trouble.
Ford stui pleaded, tT-stst iIl, mat NJ Ia
no intention Of doing himself harm. ! ne
request. however. Gld not carry aii1 :" =.
had TO get ready for his trip over uae
road The patrol wagon came up a snort
time before train time. and Fora was
tanscuffed 10 Richard Bennett, VINO goes
over 10 the pen" for one year Tot Dur
efarv Frank Cifnefelter. the morse 'hlei'
and Peter Brennan. the unfortunate Iei-
low who was convicted OF atteihp'eu 'ai'e'
were also chained together
~ the depot there was qufe q cioNH
sssarobled 10 get a look al the prisoners
esneohally Ford, and as me wagon grove
,n ghere was a rush In that difectIoi'
THE deputies. however. lost no time fh
getting the prisoners out OF INC "ae"4a'
and in a few minutes al OF them were =,
-be cars Sheriff Van de Nanter ana
Denuties J n Woolery. w a. 20" =
vii Mcmahon ana Thomas Gordon TOOK
their nlaees and away went the tram
tsard has SO many names that u Is a
"a matter to tell which is MS rlgnt
one His arm has the Initials X d.
which means Richard Manning. Dul he
has written 10 his mother at san IaH
.ssno giving her name as Mary foFd
.,d her address as 1917 High street. care
~ ais sister. Mrs MulhaIl. He is a San
a-rancisco production without donht' ana
e. ia said today, Oh good authority, tIiat
ne did a "a spot" meaning four years al
san Quentin prison. II cannot De ascef-
tanned however. what the charge was OF
the name ne was under
About 1891 he was In Helena. Mont ana
a man vino knows him by sight says
shat he was in 'jail there for burglary
A,ut effected hts escape with three or Tour
others and was never recdittureo- after
that ne went 10 Butte and Vas arrested
for holding up a faro bank lie lay IN
faii eleven months but heat his case on a
second trial Ford claimed that II the
snro bank was held M at all that Fred
ericks. the man who attempted 10 hold up
"a San Francisco bank, did the job He
never would admit that he was IN jail at
Butte.
After Tom Blanck's death Ford idolized
him. and wrote a letter TO his mother at
the address previously mentioned. He
said that Tom Blanck was a man 20 be
loved, a hero and one TO be worshipea He
then proceeded TO tell how he escaped
with him and was known all over the
country as the Famous burglar" HaV-
ing the fame he had decided to 30 20 the
penItentiary serve out his term, and then
liavsrthe game. Then ne became pathetic
and asked ms mother II she remembered
one Christmas night when a mysterious
shot was fired on Union street. Then he
proceeded 20 tell her that he was bring
iug her $50 present OF the money that
belonged to the woman ne was lsirg
with when she took shot at him.
He could not close without telling Of
his youthful love. II was a pathetic
story with diamonds ana sealskin
he was a youth he fell IN love with A
beautiful woman. She returned his af-
fc> lions but a husband stood In he way
The woman deserted her lord and came
- him They lived together happily. As
Ford expressed II: Il had a soft snap and
le. things slide" Both were morphine
hends. 50 one could not reproacn Tho 9th
or one thing. however. Ford said he
did not understand and that was how lie
woman wore diamonds ani "A sealskin
SaCque. Finally Ford got tired Of sie- and
wen away. She used 90 write him Jet
tiers b,6 he would not have anything -
do Nth her. and a last she committed
su8cl3c.
T. h not generally known, Vet il IS true.
that Fori attempted 10 get out Of tha
c-urty JAN the same night ne was cap
tu"ed 7ficr t3r BlauCk iail delivery. Mon
roe was al supper when Ford WIS
brought In. 50 Night Jaucr Thornton put
h4m in cell in p,he boys Department
rcw used as a hospital Monra, came
IA In in about an hour and went IN
fut Ford in the north corridor H..
FOUND him trying 20 dix ont through the
sft cenent noor using a pocka. kni-e
r. a chlsel and his shoe for a roallef-
Nhen questioned as 30 what ho vas 10.
irS ne replied: You fellcrs are ainavc
t"aStinS 90 your strong jail 81, though.
q sec heW st~o7v Sie Was"
Ford had eat q hole about A 20. "a
diameter and abolt six or eight l3chre
deep II be had Kent on b. would nave
struck large sewer.