The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-08
RUDOLPH MAY TRY
TO RESCUE COLLINS.
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| morning when seen by Republic reporter.
| We'll. / guess he got away all right" he
said.
Yes" was the reply. Don't you wish
you were with him?"
! The prisoner made no reply.
! Il don't care to discuss the escape" he
said But l will say that 1 do not believe
| il will be easy matter to recapture
| Bill"
| No doubt is entertained that Collins would
| have made the same effort to escape as did
! Rudolph had he not been locked in his cell
at the time that his pal escaped. Certain
/ persons who know both men declare that
| Collins ia the most determined and desper
| ate of the two. although Il glance at his
| face and his smaller size does not indicate
| it.
| Both men. 1t is said, feel that their lives
would not be worth the snap of n finger
should they face jury the charge of
! killing Schumacher. They have never had
any hope that they would not be hanged for
their crime and would prefer to take any
desperate chance to gain their liberty than
| to die on the galoWs.
Tailor Dawson yesterday at noon began an
| investigation of the escape. Guards Rock
well. Appel. Wall. OKeefe and Hough and
| Matron Wilhelm were called into the Jail
| er's office and questioned. They We're in
| charge OF the Jail at the time that Rudolph
| got out.
| Rockwell and Appel stated that they were
| locking prisoners in the cells when they
heard the skylight glass break and the fight
| was started between Walsh and Cody. They
stated that they. saw otlieS guards run to
separate the fighters. and being on the
| ond balcony did. not think 1t necessary for
| them to assist
. JAILER DAWSON
| QUESTIONS GUARDS
| They attributed the breaking glass to 4
! stone thrown BY some person on the out
| side. as boys often have broken the sky
| lights that way. They admitted that they
| did not make an investigation until too late
| to stop Rudolph.
! O'Kecfe stated that he went to the east
| side of the jail after assisting to separate
f. Walsh and Cody. the fighting prisoners, and
saw where the glass had been broken. No
prisoner was on the roof at that time. he
| said.
/. Wall was in the bull ring" and could
not tell what was going on at the time from
where he was standing.
Matron Wilhelm stated that she looked up
when the glass broke and saw 4 shadow OF
get away. on top of the cells and believed
that he had broken the glass in his effort
| TO get out and had not been successful
She ran down to the ground floor. after
| locking her prisoners in their cells to pre-
vent excitement among the wonlcn should
| a mutiny break out. She told Deputy Jailer
Wagner about Burke being on top of the
cells. Wagner then sent Guard OKeefe up
to bring Burke down.
All admitted that they did not sound the
| electric alarm which would have signaled
| to Chief Dcsmond's Office and the Central
| District Station that there was trouble in
| the jail.
1t was fully ten minutes after the fight
started and the breaking OF the glass was
heard. they said. before they really knew
| that prisoner had escaped. Rockwell and
| Appel continued to lock the cells and fin
ished the work. imprisoning probably fifty
inmates before they took up the investiga-
ton.
Meantime Rudolph had been seen on the
Jail roof by Mrs. Doran and Mrs. Ritter of
No. Ills Spruce street and several men
employed in the vicinity Word had been
communicated to Chief Desmond, and Jailer
Dawson's daughter Mary had run to his
office to notify him of the report that
prisoner had gotten out
RUDOLPH HAD FULLY
| TEN MINUTES START.
Jafler Dawson was inside the Jail by this
| time and discovered the hole in the sky
light. Believing the prisoner was still on
the roof, he ran to his house where he
keeps doubie-barrel shot gun loaded with
buck shot.
Il got the gun and ran into the yard"
hay oh
the fellow off the roof had / seen him, but
l was then informed that he had passed
| through the house. / ran out into the
street and was told that he had been gone
| fully ten minutes. 1 ran as far as Broad
| way and Poplar street and then gave up
! the chase"
Jailer Dawson had not decided last night
what action he will take in regard to the
| guards. He stated that he was convinced
that they had made grievous mistake in
| not sounding the alarm just as soon as
| they heard the breaking of the glass. He
| probably will confer with Mayor Wells be-
| fore taking any action.
| Word came to Jailer Dawson from q man
whose name he refused to divuge that Ru-
! oolph had been seen in the vicinity of
Pinckneyville. Ill. He communicated with
! the police Immediately and kilograms were
| sent out.
POLICE LOOK FOR BATTLE
If THEY MEET RUDOLPH.
Chief kiey stated yesterday morning that
the report that policemen and detectives
had shot at man who was rowing skfs
away from the foot of President street
Monday night was without foundation. He
said that no such person had been seen,
and that he had investigated the report
and found that no shots had been fired.
Superintendent Johns of the Bertillon sys-
item prepared a description OF Rudolph like
tthat printed in the Republic yesterday
morning. 1t was printed In circular form
Under the picture of Rudolph. and the offer
of $500 reward was made by Governor