The San Francisco call., 1898-08-19

she was back again. This time the guard opened fire on her and the man who was running her quickly took the Meteor out of range. The -sext even 1 ing she was back again and this time l the soldiers put a couple of shots into the hull disabling the machinery The man in charge dropped into the bot tom of the boat and remained there
 until the Meteor had drifted out of range once more.
 That means of escape was thus cut off and to understand how the prisoners finally succeeded, it is necessary to go a little into the daily routine of the island. Once a month, with the con- sent of the commandant, the prisoners are allowed to give an entertainment.
 The soldiers on the island are charg- ed 10 cents admission and visitors from the city are charged 25 cents. The pro- ceeds go toward buying odds and ends for the prisoners not in the prison fare.
 The prisoners are locked up every night at o'clock, but when an enter tainment Is about to come off the per formers are allowed to practice in the library until D. m. Next Tuesday night there Is to be an entertainment
 and as Sweeney and his companions
 were to be among the performers they were allowed to go to the library. The prison, as every passenger to
 Sausalito and Tiburon knows, is on the eastern end of the island and the wall
 runs clear down to the water On the wharf below a sentry patrols day and night, while at the bend of the road and
 on the hill leading to the prison two | other guards are stationed. Under the wharf on which was the sentry lay MT. Kinzie's boat. When the soldiers made their escape from the library and
 reached the beach, if they had made for | the wharf direct they would have un- doubtedly been discovered. Instead of that they made a complete circuit of the island and coming up behind the sentry succeeded in getting into the boat and launching 1t.
 They had got a considerable distance from the wharf when one of them caught crab and the splash attracted l the sentry's attention. He at once 1 opened upon them and at the fifth shot
 one of the men dropped into the bottom of the boat and began grooming hor- ribly.
 Sweeney got up in the boat and shout l ed, Don't shoot any more. Don't you see we've got no oars? We surrender" |" The sentry stopped firing and while he
 was explaining matters to his superior
 officer, the prisoners got out their oars
 again and were off like a flash. A prisOn-break alarm was turned in
 and the f1ve-oared boat belonging to
 the island manned. 1t gave chase, but
 in spite of the best efforts of It's crew the prisoners got away.
 The description of the prisoners Is as follows: H. R. Beale, age 21 years, Height 5 feet 10 inches, hair dark 1 brown, eyes brown. He was serving
 an eighteen months sentence for in- subordination.
 John Meredith, age p years, height 5
 feet inches, hair dark brown, blue
 eyes. Eighteen months for desertion.
 Edgar M. Sweeney, age "A years, dark
 brown hair and brown eyes height 5 feet 91k inches. Three years for deser- | tion but the sentence was reduced to
 two years by the adjutant general. When he was taken to the island he
 was heard to remark that he wouldn' t
 be a prisoner for much over a month.
 He has kept his word as he had not
 been quite six weeks on the island
 when he escaped.