The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15
MUST co BACK
TO STOCKADE
Army Prisoners Who Broke
Out of ROdeo Enclosure
Captured by Provost Guard
RIFLE RANGE
General Macarthur Pro
nounces New Experiment
to Be Complete Success

Three of the military prisoners who
broke through the stockade at the Ro-
deo rifle range on Monday were cap
tured yesterday at Ignacio, near San
Rafael. They were Richard Wells,
Donald Thorne and Claude Paumapeer.
Constable George Agnew and Nj. Nc
Namara, who were on the lookout for
the escaped prisoners, espied the three
walking along the California North
western Railway, and arrested them.
They made no resistance whatever.
They all looked tired, worn out and
hungry.
Paumapeer, who is said to have been
the ringleader of the break from the
stockade, said that everything had been
carefully planned to have the whole
100 prisoners make their escape. Con-
ditionS, however, We're not favorable.
and instead of the whole gang escaping,
as was originally planned. only ten
managed to get away. Paumapeer fur
ther added that when he saw the fog
settle down and completely envelop
the camp on Monday afternoon it was
decided to make the break at $50 in
the evening. Word was passed around
the camp for the gang to be ready at
the appointed hour. Only ten were
ready for the bolt. The others were
afraid of being shot down by the guard.
Paumapeer began the attack on the
barbed-wire fence with a washboard.
and another prisoner began cutting the
wires with a pair of shears that had
been smuggled over from AlcatraZ. 1t
only took a moment to make hole big
enough for the men to crawl through.
AS soon as they were in the open they
scampered away into the adjoining
hills, where they spent the night.
Tuesday night the runaways COM
n foo hn of hun
and one of the gang went to a road
house near San Rafael and got food.
AT farmhouse they stole pair of
trousers.
Major A. r. Paxton, commandant
at Alcatraz, expects that the balance
of the escaped prisoners will be cap
tured in few days.
The new protected target range at
the Preside received its first prac-
tical test yesterday in the presence of
General Macarthur and was a pro-
nounced success. This rife range was
largely experimental. 1t was built un-
der the supervision of Captain Charles
r. Howland and has been under con-
struction for the last four months.
The outcome of this experiment has
been looked forward to with great in
terest throughout the entire United
States army. Now that the tests have
proved to be an unequivocal success.
similar ranges will be constructed at
the different posts throughout the
country. Besides General Macarthur
and his aid, Captain Frank L. Winn,
there were present all the leading Of
hcers stationed at the Presidio and
General Moore and his aid, Lieutenant
Creed F. Cox, from the department
headquarters.
Captain Howland made the initial
test by firing the first shot. Follow
ing him came all kinds of expert
mental shooting by enlisted men,
which was highly interesting and edi-
flying to the big crowd of spectators.
General Macarthur expressed him
self as highly pleased with the results
The range will be put into practical
use at once and then different troops
now at the post will begin daily prac-
tice.
Major Henry NJ. Morrow. who has
been acting as judge advocate on the
Rees court-martial at Vancouver
Wash, has gone to Seattle to look into
the case of Private Stubbs. Stubbs
was accused of killing an enlisted man
at American Lake during the man
euvers there this summer. He was tried
by the civil authorities and acquitted.
He was then tried by court-martial
and fund guilty of manslaughter and
sentenced to seven years imprison-
ment He has now appealed to Judge
Hanford to be released on habeas cor
pus. He claims that the army au-,
thorities had no jurisdiction in his