The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-27
Mr. CARNES ESCAPES
I'd Maniac Recaptnred and Sent
Back TO Steilacoom.
1astTING HIS OLD HAuhTS.
81 Minister Ii Qoi~tiy Resrrest-
- In ODiee of ". H. LIcweftyn.
nas Legal Gus rdiHn-lauses No
snx.s = rbn nee-As Crazy - Ever
x~ Hope of Rec"sery-has isnaGt-
a-~rv Talks With Departed spirits

rxy. william carnes escaped from thu
...ae asy,ssn at steilacoom a few days
8. And xas yesterday rscapttFrefi In Sc
-. AID sent back. go quietly was tile
-aas affair managed that tnese were
..-.ssDsy rot more tsaD dozen persons In
.~,sie os1fssie III those Immediately cos-
,~ret who knew that The eccentric Old
ssax had paid a flying via.t 10 his former
,.usss. He Is stII crazy. his friends wiso
- assa are compelled To admit. and had
= beer able 10 eiu4e the ofsieers long
.s.ugas 10 reach his home al Green lake.
-. us.xat have been lively daaous-
.rs Carres il nos ou good terms with
.r~ o. dir nsighbogs, and lays all his
rrsssss 10 them.
ne ns,ss that Carnes was at large xas
..nxsyea 70 tie sheFig7s Office by feie~
.auoe message from the asylum On Thurs
- afternoon All the Deputies were I'm
.~Gaseiy Instructed to keep a careful
,erkout for him. The message did not tell
- the escape Vas managed. but 1t is
aoossa that tie old gsau was given the
Hfsy Of the grounds and managed 10 slip
nav from his Keepers. The deputies had
pret.y good notion where he would h.
sslsd when he came 10 the city bais on
thursday aigs, shey failed 20 find him.
fsrses came back Just the same. and. as
cas- expected. went al once To the resi-
zeace OF his legal guardian. W. II. fiewel-
RI. on Marion street, between Second and
sai,d avenues.
~ LewelIyn vas expecting his visitor
"a betrayed no surprise. Garras assured
AIN with much voiubiiity that he was or
u aparole.' and Mr. Llewellyh took good
sasns not 20 doubt the statement atdshly
saossh he had his own opinions. After
Cares had talked himself into q conn
pssatiyeiy quiet mood. M. Lleweilyn sug-
eesea that IL WAS bed tHae ard business
sea.s wait for daylight Carnes asse n,eG
Isl Mr.. Llewsliyn took him to family
sssei On Third avenue and put him 10 bed.
Tat Il how II happened tina: FOR IA whole
swht g hota' full OF guests siumbered
psacefullP under the same roof with Il
EznIac and were none the wiser.
Early yesterday morning CaTnes left tho
kssi ard slsowsd up a, Mr.. Lieweilyn's
.si estate Office. The sheriT's men were
waiting for this and two men. with SAer-
& Meyer himself. hurried down the hin
q once. arriving Il. about 10 o'clock They
I'D all tho appliances In tho way Of
eas.ght Jackets and handouts and were
When taken in charge Carnes loudly de-
Nd That he was insane and reiterated that
h IVES out on "paroie." In the end he sub
a1s.sd after a little struggle He was not
hdsaed TO be very violent and con:onted
knself by calling upon Mr.. I1ewellyn to
81 him a lawyer. A sew minutes later
Aswas hurried aboard the II o'clock train
b the sheriff and taken back 10 the asy-
In.
" LleweIlyn WAS naturally anxious TO
lGp the matter Of hts old friends escap-
sst a. quiet IN possible. but made a brief
E4tement Of the facts az rotated n, the
tseoing. He said:
4 must say that the whole ma der was
managed IN way that was very credit
- 10 tho officers OF the law. The sheriff
hznc!ed Mr.. Games very gently. simply
sassed that he should go bark. and made
81 show Of vIoienos. l thought for mo-
mt when Afr. Carnes cried out tha, he
ssnld rever submit that we were IN for
T. but luckily he offered only a feeble re-
fssanoe. l was sorry TO see that Nj
Canes appears just as denaented IA ne dia
ssan committed. There has apparently
hen no improvement in his mental con-
saon. I would like to have this gen
sally known. for there are some of Mr.
earnss friends who still think be is un-
Justly deprived or his liberty
naturally Mr.. CaInes came TO me- when
se Eos away from the asylum. For months
Ne'rre his commitment Re made my on c
Is headquarters. and knew all his vaga-
res. In broad Gsyi!gi; he would sis by mo
aad hold Imaginary conversations with
ssfils - the departed. Many time /
sas~ heard han taking with the spirit Of
ns great preacher Sturgeon. Ar other
tines Il would ba Rev. Mr.. Worth, who
"a - - 10 ~ Il ell.
Aeseh His ltiie. boy who died many
ssars aea. MAS another person whose spirit
|1 peer old gentleman would commune
ssh. II was a saf sight III. u.esi 20 tel
ne ha@ Sturgeon ara WORTH and other
4'snss ~onid hover over his bed a. night
sss wake him I'D "a talk VIA him
took the guardianship ~ Nj. carusa
'sss'e purely uut q desire 20 sse that Il
ass net miaEnanaecd It has been the
ssfse NJ no ii't3a annoyance and expense
NE. aa3 fear the erd II IA long xay
" The doctors who passed upon rarnes
as fhtnk he "ll never receiver MS r~a-
ga. and 'he gseopie AZ the asylum are *
u SzaSs nEff,late