Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-03-18
ESCAPED FROM THE SANTEE.
DELOSS CUTTER GETS AWAY
WITH EASE.
One of The Men Charged With
Robbing Storeroom of The
Atlanta Is Now AT
Liberty.

A daring escape of n prisoner on
board the u. s. S. Santee was effect.
ed last night. A desperate prisoner.
sure of a penalty of ten years of con
finement made his escape from the
boats prison, clambered from the ship
and eludsd the guard en- the dock
and the gate got away and was lost in
the night.
A strong guard is out in search of
the man and reward has been offered
by the Naval Academy authorities for
the apprehension of the escaped man.
Such is his history and reputation that
is known he will make desperate re-
sistence to arrest. The prisoner that
was, is Deloss Cutter, one of the thir-
teen men under arrest for completely
in the robbery of the storeroom on
board the IT, $. S. Atlanta. He is
supposed TO be the ringleader, the one
who perfected the plans whereby it
was possible to commit the burglaries
charged against the men.
A general court-martial had been
summoned to sit in the cases and such
was the evidence that there is every
reason to believe that Cutter would
have received sentence of at least
ten years in a naval prison He is
known as desperate character, cool,
cunning and O great schemer. That
he has put many miles between him
self and the Naval Academy there is
no doubt. For long time the thefts
on board the Atlanta have been going
on. The men engaged in the thefts
must have been at it for at least a
month before there was any reason to
believe that anything was missing.
Even when it became known that
goods were disappearing from the
storeroom and an investigation was on
foot, the piIfering continued.
Special officers were secured to work
up evidence in the case and appre
hended the guilty ones. The city
police were asked to aid and Chief
Hahn and his officers furnished con-
siderable of the evidence, which re-
suited in the arrest of the men. Ii
was found that they had, to conceal
theirithefts and to make it possible for
them to enter the storeroom whenever
they desired, lremoved the lock from
the door .and placed another in its
place, which it was impossible for the
storekeeper to- enter. 1t was found
hat considerable of the stolen proper
ty had been disposed of within the
city and after considerable investiga-
tion had been made, Gutter and twelve
other men were placed under arrest,
some of them petty officers.
When Cutter was accused of the
thefts hes refused to either deny or
affirm the charges against him. When
Lieutenant johnson was questioning
him he stated that he had nothing to
say, and overstepped all bounds of dis
cretion and discipline. He said that
he did not care if they would hang
him, but they could get no incriminat-
ing evidence from him. Cutter was
imprisoned on the Santee and the
closest watch was kept over him, so
much so that it was thought an utter
impossi bility for him TO make his es-
cape. That he did manage to do so
has started another Investigation which
does no auger well for those who may
know something of the affair.
1t is believed that he managed to
get out of the ''jug" in some manner
and then from the corridor made his
way to the bows and either clambered
out of a port hole or went over the
bows beneath the wooden roof of the
Santee. II he was not seen in the
act of escaping he would hardly have
been challenged by the guard. either
on the dock or at the gate. The es-
cape occurred between 2 and O'Clock
last, night and a search was at once
begun TO locate him. All night long
the search was kept up, but it is
thought that by this time Cutter is
many miles away. A general alarm
has been sent out and every effort will
be made to have Cutter returned at
the earliest possible moment.