The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-01
THEIR ESCAPE FROM PRISON.
.rxrlEuAN GEORGE AND SMITH,
Ems TakE FRENCH LEAVE.
Plan. for Getting out Of Jsi'-oentleman
GEORGES scheme In Avcnge Himself
an slim wsmes and o u Worked
The pair Outside h Gates

vaftihs -'pi-' ,a,.. :. ,A...i-
hid AMI a u ~ 'sy'
plaN' tui Neryoouy anu Ne'ypooy III hs
rl,, IN" Waterman goes tho rounds
20 m. .lates and inakea his counts, not
VI .a..,i,o .nnv "a, ~ mis- Oh.
n"inh Wv - rSa -. /, ~
tw' compare
shur --- very s'a' ocrupteu ana VERY
r~a-rl.en hulEin,' and he knows that hs
-, all there.
- -. ia the count. wan seat Mt
"" ~ m wv
tHf7i N"' h''''''N "'' y" "''." wv s"e
whistle wld sound the alarm Tor iinmuit
.s,r.f Sim larry. too, bsin' out OF vans
-. brings thai wan into instant notice.
49,. OF, nm on m. wrong tar mr.
- .,dnr.s,o ~. n.,L.d
M" IN" N'"ns -nop' Nv P',N'o' n.SH'o
without IN" hlneht OF 'he ciarHy It's risu-
a-'y and order that safeguard panal con-
o,.nsnt and withou, them wan cud loss
-, a., ,pg a. aisy as I'm N crowd
hh~'' " ' 'ss
Az c""fS"' 'hetes ehciP''ohs' VI 'here
vuin't b" n rule The orspital steward
ra...- unlue-tioned from wan wing to the
80, tho hallmen have the run of the
"a "a. y.rd, ,ha Hhra1ar ,ha..s
e''''.'' So -- -. -. -
hs-rI hpou' 'ie ''e's WA - oooAs' s"o
/ me-elf. head Of the whitewssh gang.
Az here and there. In maidun miditatun.
- f., Rh,, ,ha vary fact that thar.
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i .pIi-daansJ ,u,. ,ha Ls,-
81" ~ 49," .uI taaG
busl 20 one, on ans m-iuer' "
lh,-'' - 49, raiseJ' n. on,oaIG
ff'h'h ''N" nav" 0'uoh
pm "ne,nJt -
~dil'uNl,~; you hin uMiase 70 shesa IN
ut-aIN'n N"h tho ee,"' hnoP W ~ peos-
INK house any morning hDou. ~ . CLOCK.
lIyou Mn 90 mat our aa.eh'ut VII pas
on a. Hlch as 'he 'cc oi uhe huh'ef To"
un horn. ii.
Now my oukhu a'eiy mao o~sie
much on sum "arile-' our heishoor 20 the
Fit, whose tIeache'y nsu er'aonshsu my
identlty IA the much- sousht-ai,er oentie,
man tfeorge ~ and mus causeu
the nling IN The once OF sun'cient WARRANTS
ssa nSad me ., 40 ., f tssI, me ,s,. IN %S0nnn', s%l,b. ,9r
had told me Of this convict's avance which
had driven him To work overtime through
uut his twelve-year sentence. giving him
q crazslssz. fascinating interest In dreams
81 he amount he would receive on his re-
hrasa dreams which he had encouraged
hy never totting up his careful daily records
In this concentration Of one whose crime
had been manslaughter | seemed to 500 an
opportunity not only for revenge but
al.o for raising a diversion under cover
Of which I nigh, escape.
When does Slim Wafies 60 out1- asked
sNsx, "Wednesday" answered. Smithers.
Then : aid I you can count on nv
Ioining YOU In The hacking room next Tues
d,y M n o'clock:4 but / gave no p~articu-
A strange delicacv. which I had often
r,,,ced I'M Smithers contrary 20 both his
cSrari.ncN and professions was the reason
O. this r.ticence. Hardened criminal
,hat he was. he vet shrank from certain
treasures that seemed iustihable 10 me he
ci,isa they did not happcn TO agree with
lis p~acular ideas of what was square.
sIat there should he this difference he
tween a cultivated, high-feeling gentle
man and a common thief was a curious
psychologica fact, espIainable, ! think,
~ his lack Of that sens Of duty which
has nerved the strong minded through all
the ages 90 ignore the means 10 long as
.eir ends were attained.
A YOU plasr,- large, concurred Smith
es good naturedly. What ! don't know.
cant find fault with; hut there are no con-
sr,entus scruples IN my part TO prevent
~ from statun my reasonable expicta-
tuns
And then he went on 10 describe the
following situation. A Wholesale cloth.
ing dealer In town had recently contracted
for the entire output OF the tailor shop,
consisting OF a coarse grade OF jumpers
and ovcralls. Formerly. the-e goods, be.
ING shipped to a distance werv packed
In boxes. but now, az this dealer wished
90 pack them himself according TO his or
ders. the pieors were each night laid loosely
IN large crates winch were placed on tine
truck To b~ hauled the Following mornhg
about II O'Clock TO his w~arehou-e by feter.
the prron driver
u happened that Smithers mixed his
whi,ewash IN the loft over the pscsing
house. No that he was often there alone
with ample time at hs disposal h- idea.
then, wa To hind piecs- 10 me side OF a
Crnte In Asch a way a- 10 make " appear
iull and ready Tor shipment AT the same
tim" removing a sun'ctent quantity OF
them from the inside 70 leave a space IN
which We might conceal ourselNes
How about Peg-Leg Jlmmie' asked,
after We had discussed ms Tian ana agreed
That II was feasible, though dangerous.
will YOU get the chart to his lost min by
that tline'' q
He's called, said Smithers They
TUX him to the 'or-pital last night. and the
unly reason why they haint oprrated
Already on his leg. IL becuz It's hard 10 ma
amy more leg to operate on. III see MIN
bi1re he croaks, all right; and va pocket
inl ~ plugs. a rid SILK handkerchief GOT
on the gimp-eved dag a carved bone
chain have amy virtoo In aisin wan ast
moments. III land that chart sure
The next day, from my seat on the centre
all" ~ the tailor shop. | considered the
t'sne and the dramatic personR OF the
coup l contemplated. Ten feet IN fron'
81 me AZ the end OF the room, was the plat
form on which sat Keeper Meech, a tall,
thin, RESTLESS man. with the eye OF an eagle.
proud 81 his reputation as n hayer, which