The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-09

new knotted rope which had evidently
been used as life line, or guiding
rope to enable the escaping prisoner
to cross the plank bridge which had
been extended by her accomplices in
the house near the Case de Recojidas
to the roof of the prison.
The revolver, the knotted rope and
the portable bridge, as we'll as other
discoveries made by the police, show
that the escape of Senorita Cossio was
long and carefully planned. She must
have been in constant communication
with those who enabled her to escape
from the Casa de Recojidas, where she
was imprisoned with eleven other
women.
Some of the details of the young
Cuban'S escape are quite romantic. 1t
appears that real estate agent named
Mariana Fernandez, who was in charge
of the house, No. l O'Ferrall lane, de-
clares he recently rented that building
to two we'll dressed young men. The
latter who seemed to be highly re-
spectacle, hired the house for two
months, and paid the rent in advance.
The building was poorly furnished, the
principal room in it containing only
robe, an antique sideboard. six old
chairs and six plates. But the young
men seemed to be perfectly satisfied
with their surroundings and little or no
notice of them was taken by the neigh
bors or by anybody else. When the
rooms at No. 1 O'FerralI lane were
searched the police, in addition to the
articles already described, found bag
of lime, a can Of paint and a large
brush which might be used for the ap-
plication of either lime or paint. Inside
the window through which Senorita
Cossio escaped the police discovered h
bed sheet, and as this apartment was
her sleeping room, the authorities are
inclined to believe that the sheet was
used by the escaping prisoner to en-
velop herself with the object of de-
ceiving her roommates, into the belief
that she was moving about in her night
clothes. The quarter of the prison
which was occupied by Senorita Cossio
is known as the New Hall, for the
reason that it was constructed only
seven months ago. 1t was set apart
for the use of political prisoners and
was quite comfortable, compared with
other Spanish prisons.
The companions of the young Cuban
woman, whom she left behind, say that
the day before Senorita Cossfo escaped,
she received a package believed to
have contained drugged candies. In
any case the senorita, contrary to her
usual custom, did not at once distribute
the candies to her prison companions,
but waited until Wednesday night,
when she urged each Of them to par
take of the CONNECTIONS. The prisoners
did so, and they express the convic-s
ton that the sweets were drugged, for
they soon afterwards fell into a deep
sleep and did not awake throughout
the night, although the filing of the
iron bar of the senerita's bedroom
window must have made considerable
noise.
People living in the vicinity of the
prison have Informed the authorities
that they heard the noise Of carriage
wheels shortly before midnight on
Wednesday, and this fact is supposed
to have connection with the prison
er's escape. There is division of opin-
ion as to whether the escape Of the
senorita was effected by Americans or
by Cuban insurgents. The police are
hard at work investigating the escape
and all the Spanish authorities along
the coast have been communicated with
In the belief that an attempt may be
made to embark the senorita upon a
vessel for the United States or else