The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-25
Tells of His Ride to Baden on Bi-
cycle and Then Across River
on Skifi.
GREETs COLLINS BRIEFLY.
Large Crowd Gathers at Station
to See Union Bank Robber,
Who Broke Jail One Week
Before Trial on Charge
of Killing Detective.

| Bill Rudolph. accused of the murder of
| a Pinkerton detective, was returned to the
| St. Louis Jail at SD D. m. yesterday after
an absence of six months and eighteen
| days. He escaped on July 6. and since
then more than s100.0O9 has been spent in
finding him.
Rudolph was tired when he reached st.
Louis. but did not seem detected nor
respondent. His demeanor. conversation
and expression gave the impression that
he was disgusted with himself In being
| back in the Jail from which he had es-
caped .. .....
He declined to discuss all his move
ments since leaving ST. Louis. and smiled
when talking of the various theories ad-
vanced by newspapers Immediately after
his escape.
He gave the first authentic account OF
his escape from the Jail and the city. Ac-
cordinE to Rudolph's statement, he had
no knowledge Of any concerted movement
to distract the attention of the guards
while he climbed to the skylght.
He said that on the third day OF his con-
finement in the Jail he spotted" the sky
light, and from that time waited tor an
opportunity to make an attempt to
reach il.
ESCAPED ON BICYLE
AFTER LEAVING JAIL.
When he jumped from the Jail roof his
foot caught on wire and he fell heavily
on one foot and his side. His knee was
Urenched and he became very sick from
his shaking up. but he rain as fast as he
could, intending TO get few blocks from
the Jail and hide
he saw bicycle leaning against build
irg: This furnished a means of escape.
and, abandoning the idea OF conceallng
himsel& he mounted the wheel and was
soon pedaling northward.
The railroad yards to the south could
not be crossed. he could not go back on
Twelfth street and pass the Central Po-
lice Station and jail, SO it was partly
| through necessity that. he adopted the
daring plan of riding directly through the
He met with no interference and rode
the bicycle to Baden. There his good for
tune continued, as he found skiff with
oars near. Before nightfall he was in
Illinois.
MET ROGERS EIGHT
HOURS BEFORE ROBBERY
He would not tell of his travels after
that, until his capture in Kansas charged
with blowing the safe in the NJ, K & T.
Railway office at Louisburg, Kas.
nsnssd me SAD a that t.,h he met met Rogers who was
| crime, only eight hours before the at
| tempted burglary. He would not explain
Dv Wnat metncd ne learned that their call
| ings were the same, nor how they became
associated in such dangerous venture
| On SO short an acquaintance.
| , Rudolph said that the reports thai Col
| ms had given the detectives the tip which
! led to his Identification was without foun-
daton, as Collins did not know where he
was.
| When Rudolph was taken into Taller
Dawson's office Immediately after reach
| ing the jail preparations were made to
take the Rertillon measurements. Rudolph
1 1yn n4t-
keeley to have this ordeal postponed until
| this morning.
REMOVED GOLD FILINGS
WITH POCkETkNIFE.
II am tired and l tell you that is work.
| You know how it was last time" said Ru-
| dolph.
| 1t was then that Rudolph admitted his
| identity. Keely asked him what his name
was now.
''Oh. guess it's Rudolph" he said.
| When Rudolph was in Jail here before
| he had several prominent gold-crowned
| teeth and several bridges. They have
| been removed He said that he took them
out himself with a pocketknife tho night
after he escaped.
/ Prosecuting Attorney Myersieck was
asked IL the law requiring that the meas
| urements be taken as soon the pris-
| oner was brought into the Jail must be
| rigidly interpreted. and he replied that
| measurements taken this morning would
| answer as well.
An immense throng, anxious to see the
prisoner. had crowded the Union Station
when the train arrived. Six policemen in
uniform. and probably twenty detectives
| and other plain clothes men were wait
| ing to conduct him to the Jail.
So dense was the crowd in the Midway
| that 1t was with great difficulty that the
top of the steps leading to the Eighteenth
street entrance was reached. The crowd
was massed about the waiting patrol wag-
on, into which the prisoner was hurried.
| The crowd fell back and the wagon was
| driven swiftly down Eighteenth street to
| Clark avenue, thence to the -Four Courts
RUDOLPH SHACkLED
| TO TWO GUARDS.
| One of Rudolph's hands was shacklei
TO Jailer Dawson. the other to Sheriff
Bruch. They. with B. l. Grove, a Pin
kerton detective, formed his escort from
| Kansas City.
1t appeared yesterday morning at Kan
| sas City that further difficulties would be
presented to the Missouri officers in secur-
/ ing Rudolph. 1t was feared that an at
tempt 10 gain possession Of him would be