Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
asked him what 1t was, when hl

times goes down among the shops 10
notify the guards when the prisoners
can be marched to the bath-house'
Now Spotty takes advantage Of TINS
duty and goes down, Of course, Wheh
ever he feels like It, under the pre-
tense, and In this way he is able 70
do a great many things. This aIter
noon Porter (the deputy was coming
up one Of the streets and If he only
looked to his left he would see Spotty
covered with mud from head 10 ioo''
why. how did that happen, Var
ney," I asked.
you see Spotty ran into a sunken
engine foundation and struck a pool oi
water which nearly drowned hlm'
"Ha: ha" and Varney laughed, but
suddenly remembering that ne was
blabbing his secret, he looked at me
with his penetrating black eyes to as
certain If [ compromised or sus'
pected anything. 1 did not move a
muscle or bat an eye nd, and Simply
leaned against the cell door IN the
same listless manner | had assumed
when the conversation commenced.
NV heart. however, had almost stopped
beating. and. under Varney's searching
glance | had all l could do to Keep
myself from flashing back in his face
the fact that l had discovered his Sec
ret. He satisfied himself, however
by a few adroit questions that did not
not comprehend the purport of his re-
marks. and thus demonstrated the tact
Do fnfnrHnW
showdown to intelligence. Cunning
he was in the extreme, but like mem
bers Of his class the professional Grim
inal. he left the usual loop hole
through which final detection comes
about and conviction is made easy In
our criminal courts.
The next day I impaired the inform
alton obtained to foreman Creedon
and inquired If there was a plat of the
prinson grounds in the superintendent
of constructions Office. The plat was
found and examined and the sunker
foundation where an engine had beer
plainly marked. Thus it was an easy
matter to discover the tunnel It's
mouth or where the shaft was sunE
was in an old shop which had beer
used as storeroom for iron scraps
and debris OF all kinds Under this
debris Wing had sunk the shaft abou
fifty feet from the wall. Having The
opportunity of visiting the diferen
shops, as stated, he would daily drol
In unnotlced into this unused shoI
and work in his tunnel a couple o.
hours at a time without exciting sus
picion, or being missed by the guards
The deputy visited the place in com
pany with the warden and some news
paper reporters, among whom was w
w. Bond, Varney's friend, and th'
party entered the tunnel. they easil,
walked erect to its extreme end Whicl
had almost reached to the outside O.
the wall and required only a littl,
more labor to complete. The deput!
found revolvers, suits OF clu
zens clothing and all other preparuon
complete for a prison delivery, ant
properly suspected that there wer
more prisoners inplcaed than Narne
and Spoty Wing. He therefore sul
gested to Warden Dyer that the prison
ers should be permitted to complet
their work and as they emerged iron
the tunnel they could all be bagged b,
the guards in waiting, while on tn
inside Of the prison other guard
could be stationed in case the pri'
oners retreated and sought to regal
the interior Of the prison. But tn
warden anxious for immediate motor
ETY. and full OF the great discover
would not consent, and ordered the in
mediate exploitation Of the ahair 1
/ the newspapers. Bond was reluctant
/ forced to mention his friend Narne
as leader of the plot. The Columbus
] Cincinnati and the Ohio press in gel
/ eral had column after column on IN
most elaborate attempt ever made D
desperate criminals to escape, and IN
most perfect and wonderful tunnel eve
constructed by convicts." Pictures
the tunnel and OF the men engaged
the daring plot we're printed and Dye
reaped a harvest Of glory for his u
ceasing vigilence and remarkable di
covery. It will easily be understoc
tha I had made It a condition throue
nv friend Creedon with Deputy Port'
that he should not under any ci
cumstances reveal my name as II
} author OF the information. Varn'
and Wing were examined by the war
, en- and deputy and the former to sol
en- the penalty revealed the names
! his fellow prisoners engaged in u
plot. Wing stood pat and took D
% punishment without opening b
- mouth. The diagram I had dratt
= was quietly taken possession Of by q
5 deputy and destroyed without eth
! the warden or reporters knowing OF
r existence.
B, subsequently Porter got on his pc
e odical spree and while in a bar-room
D., the city let out the information tn
y only for my timely information six
:. the most desperate criminals in [
r prison would have escaped and IN
deserved the customary pardon CIV
4 in such cases. This was two yea
/. after the occurrence and when the neN
l. papers were full OF the efforts bel
d made by my friends to secure a pa,
o on owing to the condition Of my hea!
d which was wretched, indeed, at q
d time. In the bar-room at the I'll
g when Deputy Porter made this reVe
e alton were some OF my enemies "
,e had been very loud mouthed IN
q. nunciation OF the efforts being ma
n to secure my release. Now these
N inently respectable citizens saw
)t chance to hasten my natural end
e. Informing Bond, who would In u
el convey to Varney the fact that l :
.g "5nned or the tunnel matter. A