The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-12
ON A CHARGE Of FELONY
HUBBEL WILL BE ARRAIGNED
TODAY
SOME DETAILS OF THE PLOT
How the Woman Persuaded the
Prison Guard to COnnive at the
Attempted Escape of
Her Lover.

SALTWATER, MINI, March IL
After Miss Ada Hubbel, eff st. Paul, had
been safely landed in the county jail in
this city today, Warden Wolfer consent
ed to give out the names of the two
principal characters in the conspiracy ar
ranged to enable Edward Leland to
escape from the Minnesota state prison.
They are Patrick f. Cunningham and
Miss Hubbel, and thesdetails of the affair
prove conclusvely that Miss Hubbel ar
ranged the plot and secured Cunning
hams cooperation in. very clever man
ner She laid her wires in q way that
insured her a perfect working system,
which would probably have carried had
the first key that was made been perfect
in every detail. Cunningham and Miss
IIubbel are both confined in the county
jail and will have a formal charge OF
felony lodged against them tomorrow
morning. County Attorney Nethaway
now being busy with the papers in the
case Their preliminary hearing will
probably not occur until next Wednes-
day and it is generally believed they will
waive examination and be held to await
the action Of the grand jury, which con-
Venes in May.
AS outlined in the Globe of this
morning the plan was first concocted in
December and when it was first preached
to Cunningham he refused to lend an
ear to the scheme and even informed Lee
land that he would report him to the
warden for even suggesting such thing.
A few days later Leland asked Cunning
ham to go to ST. Paul to meet a woman
who desired to see him and Cunningham
did So AS he alghted from the car lie
met the woman who introduced herself
as Miss Hubbel, and she informed him
that she had sum Of money in her pos
session belonging to Leland, which had
been given her by LelandS attorney in
MINNEAPOLIS. and she asked Cunningham
to keep it for Leland. The sum amount
ed to 1895, and Cunningham consented
to accept the trust. After that he had
several meetings with the woman, who
roomed in the Arlington hotel, near
Seven corners, and she began to urge
him to assist in getting her lover out Of
prison. He was offered various parts
of the money i'll his possession, but he
steadily refused and at last he was Of
ferCd the entire sum and decided to ac-
cept 1t and become a party to the con-
spiracy His work was to get a key for
Leland that would unlock the cell house
door and at the first opportunity he got
the key and took it TO Leland who
made a soap impression of the key, from
which the key noWf3ini possession of
Warden Wolfer vas made. The key was
made for Miss Hubbn1 at the solicitation
and under the direction of another
guard who has since severed his connec-
ton with the prison, and it is also be-
lieVed that this fellow twas to provide
the rope ladder withrwhicll Leland was
to get over the wall. z He also carried on
clandestine meetings. with Miss IIubbel,
and as soon as he canobe apprehended,
which it is confidently expected will be
within short time. will be arrested
and lodged in Jail with the remainder of
the conspirators. ~
Lelands plan was to get out and then
leave for Alaska, where he would re-
main for time until excitement over
his escape had died out and he would
then return to this country and reside in
the South.
Miss Sadie Cook, of Minneapolis who
is Cunninghams sweetheart, has also
been mentioned in connection with the
affair, but Warden Wolfer states that
whatever connection she had with It.,