The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-07
RUDOLPH ESCAPES JAIL
AND is NOW AT LIBERTY
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Just run through the house. He had entered
the kitchen door, walked through the Gin
ing-room. made his way TO the hall, ano
| then ran out the front door.
| Mrs. Dawson and her children were en-
PERTAINING Mrs. Louis A. Bohn and her chill
dren of No 275s Lafayette avenue in the
parlor. All saw Rudolph run through the
| house.
ST. BERNARD PUPPY
| ATTACKS FLEEING MAN.
Mrs. Dawson's mother. who is So years
| old was alone in the kitchen. Her atten-
| ton was first attracted by the growing OF
dog.
| Jailer Dawson recently purchased st.
| Bernard puppy. The dog is about 1 year
old. When the aged woman looked UP she
| saw a man at the door. the dog clnsing to
| his trousers leg.
"a prisoner is escaping" she exclaimed
\ but not loud enough to be heard in the front
room distinctly.
Mrs. Dawson. thinking that her mother
was calling, walked out into the hall just
| in time to see Rudolph run toward the door.
At FIRST she believed he was one of the
painters or carpenters who have been work
ing around the house. But as Rudolph
| reached the door 1t dawned upon her that
II was a prisoner escaping. She shouted
for help. Her daughter. Mary. ran to the
Four Courts and told her father Of the es-
cape.
RUNS INTO RAILROAD
YARDS FOR SAFETY.
Rudolph had kicked the st. Bernard from
rrt. ,- halle we'd IN
have been more in play than anything else
Once outside the jailer's house. Rudolph
ran acros. Eleventh ard Spruce streets to
vacant lot, back OF the Paddock-HaTley
Iron Company and other Cupples Station
warehouses into the railroad yards.
No fewer than 100 persons must have seen
him, but none made an attempt 10 stop him.
None knew. or seemed to realize that he
was an escaping prisoner.
The alarm was quickly sounded through
the Four Courts
BILL RUDOLPH SECURED
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES START.
Rudolph. however. probably had been
outside the Jail Ave minutes before the re-
port of his escape reached the offices of
Jailer Dawson. Chief Kelly and Chief Des-
mond.
Half dozen detectives, among them
Killian, Greedy. Harrington. Schmidt. Nc
Carthy and Chief Desmond were in the Of
fee.
Chief Kelly and his stenographer. Roscoe
T. Shaw. and his office clerks. Talmage,
Walton and Ballard. hearl the report sim
ultaneously. All FASTENED to the street
Killian led the chase. but he never caught
sight Of Rudolph Inquiring as he ran from
ho traced Ri
dolph to Seventh and Cerre streets. Here
all trace Of the prisoner was lost.
NEWSPAPERMEN JOIN IN
CHASE AFTER RUDOLPH.
Jailer Dawson. a dozen more detectives
and several newspaper men followed closely
behind Detective Nllian. Every box car in
the vicinity was searched but Rudolph had
made good his escape.
Chief Kelly telephoned to all police sta
lions. ordering the Captains to send every
available man to the river front. and orders
were issued to capture Rudolph dead or
alive.
Telephone messages were sent to East
ST. Louis, Belleville and all railroad sta
TONS north, south and west of the city.
The Pinkerton agency, whose men cap
tured Rudolph. was notified and men were
sent from the Offices in the Wainwright
building, to aid in the search.
DETECTIVES GUARD
BRIDGES AND FERRIES.
Probably 800 persons followed the detec-
tives and uniformed policemen and aided
in the search. but none saw Rudolph after
he entered the railroad yards.
Detectives were sent Immediately to the
boat landings and to the bridges. Several
hridVo n OF
Louis by Chief Desmond.
At first 1t was reported that two men
had escaped. Every one believed It was
George Collins. Rudolph's partner. In
crime, who had gotten away. but he was
found locked safely in his cell. Investiga-
ton showed that Rudolph was the only
prisoner who escaped. although Burke had
attempted to gain his freedom.
STATEMENT BY WOMAN
WHO SAW THE ESCAPE.
Albert Funk. Charles Nordman. r. H.
Thompson, Mrs. Michael Doran and Made |
line Ritter probably had the best view of |
Rudolph as he climbed over jail roof and |
jumped to the chapel roof. thence to the |
ledge and down to the ground
The statements Of the witnesses agree |
as to how the escape was accomplished, |
after the desperate young man got outside |
the skylight. Mrs. Doran, having wit
messed 1t from an elevated position. prob
ably is better fitted to speak of 1t. She
said:
II was sitting at the window upstairs,
with my child, who is Ill. My attention
was attracted to tapping on the jail roof.
looked up and saw man dressed in
black. with black hat on. He carried
what thought was sack
II had often seen men on the jail roof
working and paid no attention to this one
at first. Suddenly. however. was attract
ed by his strange actions. His movements
were stealthy and he seemed afraid of fall
ing
HELD SPELLBOUND
BY PRISONERS DARING.
LAS I watched him he came around to the
south wall and was just across the street
from me. He took a single glance down
ward to the chapel roof and then jumped
His daring. however, held me spellbound.
The jump seemed to stun him. He bent
over, as If his back was hurt, and he
seemed unable to stand erect He probably
was on the chapel roof two minutes before
he dropped to the ground.
I'VE lived here when 'skippy' Rohan made