The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-26

vent the execution being seen by nearly .
thousand Iseosse Oh the na4ghboriHg ails-
side INSIDE Ire snc9a-Ire were 80 Invited
zaesss- People had come from all QArts OF
The county 30 xssness tf.e hanging. The
grand jury aos in session viewed the ssszIe
from the eouFtnosse wiF1sinws. asnost over
head. Through tae iasefxesssoa Of tic
priest. The death warrant Mas not read is
Leonard.
fssse Of I..soHagd's VISITORS sasa morning
was Mlas Is8cS Hogan. a sitter OF kais Be-
rims Eid4way the actress 7 sse yasing 40
mar nas E,..u a frequent visitor 30 Leof-
ard This morning sine preferred q request
20 atfenasAisn OF The seaffola. This sas re-
fused Together with other lady fsi<nds.
ss:e attended The funeral.
seeond E.nast YEARLY Successful
Leonard was brought back from sao-
kane IN September. lH7. and for a siuie
cias~ watch was kept OF him. He was pow
s4Efiasd ia the upper tier % the cell
cage, bsing sfs only prisoner KEPT III sfssss
cage Given the liberty or the cage c0rri-
dor during the daytime. he WAS locked
In his csis at night. the door og that csil
being .he only enc on that tier that MAS
locked. Leonard had obtained possession
Of another steel SAW, and during his par
tiat liberty in daytime kept saving away
on tfsa heavy iron ksss composing the
Soutll side ut the f4il corridor, The other
prisoners drowning Eats noise OF the saw
ing hy singing loudly ny Oetober 3. be
had succeeded fn nearly saving :le bars,
thus making a way of egress from the
cnge That night, coacsaitng himself In
one 81 tbs osen cells, on his own bed cot
he placed dummy. the face concealed
by an open newspaper. lighted candle
dln1ls illuminating the cell interior. A
stGat taine was fastened to the bottom
81 his cell door. the fwlne being threaded
through the grating on the opposite side
OF the cell, and then through the graft
ing into the cell where he was concealed.
About dusk Taller Tren cams 10 lock up.
The iaiI.r called out for the cell door to
bo shut. and Leonard, by pulling the
Irvine. slammed the door 20. Jaiier Tren
then worked the locking levers. bars at
tschIng themselves 10 the sides and top
VI the door. The jailer then came into
the cell cage corridor, looked into LEON
ards cell attached paddock To the door.
slsi went away.
stuck Fast With Liberty Ira sight.
Leonard waited uufi nearly midnight
before beginning operations. lie then un-
dressed. squeezed himself through th.
haIe he had made In the cage corr dor,
ana Immediately hogan the work Of SAN
Ing through ore Of the heavy steel bars
Of the outside window grating. The work
81 1aRsts& tHlt1N8 hlf Gar LOON sr@segAA
hours. hut shortly after 8 O'Clock in the
morning WAS completed. Leonard shook
hands with the prisoners in III. lower tier
OF cells. who had been Interested witnesses
% his faboFs. hade them goodbye. and
ih.f attempted 20 bend me end of the bar
he bal aswed through. iufendlnE hy lists
means 10 make hole large enough TO
eranl through. Failing rs bend the bar.
ags mol having time enaggh 10 cat
through Il again Leonard swept away the
s.awdnst, and Snivayins the cut In The
steel bars with dirt ana gum. he started
"a rrawl hack into the cage corridor, Sn-
scrsiing 20 general himself in the cell aa,i
waSs for the usSt night. THE hnir through
which ne had first crawiea proved CT Ia
snHsc.en. size. aud he stuck ia Il. pray
sHg. ard swearing by turns. unable either
tn sdyance or retreat Finally. after tear
Ing and brpisiag Mss skin and sdes. ne
Succeeded ~ getting CIT of the hole aud
although nearly O'Clock tn the morn