The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-02-05

l SeG IllIu uOWu as a DdQ man. lSWanC-
ed to protest when Andrews let him
into the corridor, but hadn't the
assurance. After he was in I made
bold to say. zsa-.=s. =s .,
"You ought to have asked mother
| first..''' @ = :. s5s1 Z. s5 II
! ''Pah! What does your mother
know about matters in here?''
II don't believe he's a lawyer!' rs
! "Ot course he is! !; Why. would he
say SO if he wasn't? :s.@ b. i
AS soon as the lawyer had entered
the corridor. he was heartily greeted
.Eby Black Jim, and the two retired to
the farther end and sat down to be
out Of ear shot ofthe turnkey. There
they talked for a long two hours,
and then Thomas came forward and
said: ~.. -
II discover that I have left some
important papers atthe hotel and
must go for them. Will it be against
the rules if I call again this even
ing?" -.
We had no rules about visitors, as
this was our first prisoner, and An
drews promptly replied that the law
| yer could return and remain until 9
O'Clock. saw some money slipped
into his hand, and he was all smiles
as he bowed Thomas out. Iwent
and told mother, and added that
believed Thomas was a friend of
Black Jim's instead of being a law
yer, but she replied that Andrews
was a faithful man, and was proba-
bly, satisfied that everything was all
right. Black Jim went to his bunk,
and took advantage of this fact to
remove the sash from the rear win
dow of the corridor over the bench
the pair had occupied during the
confab. This done, l went up to
the. hotel, our village had only one,
and went direct to the stable to see
if Thomas had come in a buggy.
Nothing OF the sort had arrived.
Then discovered that no stranger
was stopping at the, hotel I made
inquiries of several citizens, and no
one had seen a man of Thomas de-
scription. Then l asked who had been
Black Jim's lawyer at the examina-
tion, and was told that his name
was Mccormack.
l returned home to give mother
these facts, and while they aroused
considerable anxiety. she could not
fully credit my assertions that the
SO called Thomas was there to help
Black Joe S;iwsI she cal al1tiioned
Andrews without telling him whatzI
had discovered, but he assured her
that he knew Thomas to be a lawyer,
and there wasn't the slightest founda-
tion for suspicion or anxiety. This
silenced me and reassured mother,
but | was by no means convinced.
Darkness came about 5, o'clock,
and at $50 let Thomas in again.
He had a pretty large bundle under
his arm, and | noticed that his boots
were muddy. He handed Andrews
some cigars, got off a joke or two,
and was admitted to the corridor.
The two had no sooner started for
the farther end than I started for the
window. Carefully lifting out the
loose sash, / found that could plain
| ly hear their conversation. The first
words | caught were from Thomas,
who was saying:
"-at least a mile, [ guess. It's
die west Of here, with an old log
house in a clearing. The horses are
two good ones.''
'SWhats the weather outsider"
asked Jim.
'sGoing to be dark"
"Well, twill be as easy as rolling
off a log"
+. 'tAnything in the house worth tax
ing?'' .%
Cant tell till we have a look. T:
wonder where the devil this cold air
comes from" ..
| drew back, softly replaced the
sash, and then entered the corridor
to tell Andrews. He sat in his chair
half asleep, and it occurred to mo
that if I called him off his post the
fellows would suspect something. I
entered the dwelling part and relat-
ed the particulars to mother. l re- /
member how white her face grew as
she listened to me. She was for at /
once sending me out for some of. the ]
neighbors, but when we came to re- !
feet we remembered that father had
taken 20 ofthe best menin his posse,
and we could think of no$one who
would be likely to accept our call.
Andrews was at his post. and he
coUld%not be called away or confer
red with. We had asarms a double
barreled shotgun, a revolver and as
rifle. The turnkey had herevolver,
or was supposed to have it, but
in looking around the corridor
I found it hanging on nail
behind the door leading into
the dwelling part. 1t, was load
ed, and myself loaded the other
arms, taking them into the dwelling
part to do so. The keys to the front
and back doors were in the locks. /
removed them without Andrews
knowledge.
Now, to understand what took
place, you must have the lay Of the
I jail. II was only one story high.
There was a door 1T either end ofthe
corridor. Midway there was a door
and passageWay to the dwelling
part, which was composed Of three